Good things are worth the wait. This quirky teapot adorned with a snail joins the collections of the Paris Museum of Decorative Arts (MAD).
Alphonse Debain (goldsmith in Paris from 1883 to 1911), cast vermeil teapot decorated with grapevines, sheaves of wheat, vine branches and leaves, pumpkin-shaped body, snail-shaped spout, 1900, h. 19.1 cm/7.51 in, weight 1,363 gr./48.08 oz.
Result: €38,400