ID 935861
Lot 738 | THEIERE EN ARGENT D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI
Estimate value
€ 5 000 – 8 000
H.: 13,8 cm. (51/4 in.)
Poids brut : 685 gr. (22 oz.)
L'orfèvrerie dunkerquoise doit beaucoup à Guy Messiant qui fût tout au long de sa vie, un chercheur rigoureux, un œil affirmé et un merveilleux transmetteur de savoir. Dès les années 1970 il se penche sur les archives de la communauté des orfèvres de Dunkerque, reconstituant peu à peu l’état civil de ces derniers, leur date de réception, de mariage et d’inhumation. Mais ce sont les objets qui lui permettent de faire des recoupements avec les archives et d’établir les alphabets en usage de la fin du XVIIème à la Révolution. Ce travail de recherches lui permet de publier avec Christian Pfister, l’ouvrage de référence qui accompagnait l’exposition intitulée « Orfèvrerie en Flandres » portant sur l'orfèvrerie de Bergues et Dunkerque aux XVIIème, XVIIIème et XIXème siècles.
Collectionneur de poinçons, c’est un véritable autodidacte qui aime échanger avec tous les chercheurs de la région mais aussi à partager ses découvertes pour alimenter leur recherches.
Il contribua ainsi énormément à faire connaître et valoriser l’orfèvrerie de sa région. Membre actif de la Société des Amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la société savante de sa ville, c’est tout naturellement qu’une partie des plus importantes pièces rassemblées tout au long de sa vie prennent désormais place dans les vitrines du musée de Dunkerque qui lui doit une part fondamentale de sa collection d’orfèvrerie.
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