Christofle La Main du Destin | Silver Plate Paperweight Italian coffee how form might serve multiple

how form might serve multiple needs at once

purifies and regulates oil production while deeply nourishing

the push-button mechanism at the back is no longer present

This is Hollywood Regency in its 1980s table form — the gold-and-shell glamour that ran through Italian decorative objects of the decade

Finish / Hardware: Carved onyx · Bronze mortar base

Christofle La Main du Destin | Silver Plate Paperweight Italian coffee how form might serve multipleA silver plated hand, cast life size and engraved with the lines of palmistry a Christofle object that sits between desk accessory, sculpture, and conversation piece, and belongs on all three counts. Known as La Main du Destin, this is one of the more singular objects in the Christofle catalogue a full scale hand in silver plate, the palm surface engraved in French with the classical lines of chiromancy: life, heart, head, fate. The Christofle mark is