Artist: Jean Valentin Morel, Designer
Date: 1848
Museum: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, United States)
Technique: Silver
This object is part of a tea and coffee service which masterfully combines shimmering shells, plants, banding and beading to create a work resplendent with minute details. Jean-Valentin Morel, trained as a goldsmith, jeweler and lapidary, skillfully melded German and Italian Renaissance metalwork forms and motifs, catering to the 19th-century taste for nature, ornament and luxury. Morel
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