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Maître Brice Pescheteau-Badin
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CHRISTOFLE Silver-plated duck-shaped press, decorated with p…
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340
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CHRISTOFLE Silver-plated duck-shaped press, decorated with p…
See original version (French)
Estimate €5,000 - €10,000
Voluntary lot
Description
CHRISTOFLE
Silver-plated duck-shaped press, decorated with palmettes and leafy scrolls, engraved with a monogram, resting on a multi-lobed wooden base.
(Minor wear to the silver plating, wood in good condition)
Circa 1900
Height: 50 cm; Width: 33 cm
An iconic piece from the Christofle house, the duck press is a work of fine silverware.
It is a piece of restaurant equipment used to prepare ‘canard au sang’ (blood duck), a speciality of the Parisian restaurant ‘La Tour d’Argent’, a recipe codified in 1890 by the maître d’hôtel Frédéric Delair, originally from Rouen.
The duckling must be blanched, cooked rare, and once the fillets have been removed, the carcass is pressed to extract the blood and juices, which are then incorporated into the sauce. To obtain this unique jus, a press was required. Mounted on a wooden base, the press is operated by a handwheel that turns the screw, crushing the carcass placed in its perforated receptacle. The juice then flows into the container placed beneath the spout. The final stages of preparing the dish were carried out in front of the customer.
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