Set 4 Edwardian Silver & Enamel Menu Holders - Comical Birds & Animals Benjamin Rabier

A rare set of four Edwardian silver and enamel Menu Holders of sprung double-disc form on flat circular bases. The faces enameled in monochrome with comical birds and animals, signed by Benjamin Rabier, including a cockerel, a hen, a cat and a dog.

By Sampson Mordan & Co, Chester, 1908.
Also stamped with registered design number: 402227

170 grams total weight

Benjamin Rabier (1864-1939) is a French illustrator, comic book artist and animator. He became famous for creating La vache qui rit, and is one of the precursors of animal comics. His work has inspired many other artists, notably Hergé and Edmond-François Calvo. Rabier started to work as an illustrator for various newspapers after meeting Caran d'Ache. His most famous creations are Gideon the duck and the characters he drew for Le roman de Renart.

Sold - £1,000.00