Designer: Lino Sabattini (1925 - 2016)

Item: Pair of Cardinale vases

Manufactured by: Christofle

Country of origin: France

Year made: 1950s

Materials: Silverpalte over brass

Dimensions: 14 ½” x 2 ¼” and 8” x 1 ½”

Condition: Very good.  Smaller vase bottom is not perfectly flat.  The larger vase has an imperceptible indentation near the bottom.

References: Made in Italy: 45 Jahre Design in Silber, Grassimuseum Leipzig, Germany, 1995; Enrico Marelli, Lino Sabattini: Imitations and Craftsmanship, Edizioni Metron, 1979.

Description: Here is a pair of the famous Cardinale vase in both largest and smallest sizes produced.  These have the appropriate Christofle hallmarks.