THOMAS BASTIDE (1954) - BACCARAT
CANARD DU RESTAURANT LA TOUR D'ARGENT Molded crystal, signed below the base.
Height. 12 cm; Width; 13 cm; Depth. 6 cm.
Baccarat mark, Paris, La Tour d'Argent.
PROVENANCE.
Restaurant La Tour d'Argent. 112, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, 8th arrondissement.
In 1890, with Frédéric Delair, maître d'hôtel who had become owner of La Tour d'Argent in the mid-19th century, room service took a new turn.
He codified the recipe for duck au sang, for which the restaurant became famous: "Tour d'Argent duck". He completed the dish's decoration in front of the customer, and accompanied it with an illustrious service ritual, cutting up the duck with the tip of a fork, without letting it touch the dish. Confident of the durability of his work, in 1890 he decided to number each duck.
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