A set of silver-gilt and metal-gilt Empire silverware with the coat-of-arms of Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland (1783-1837)by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, some pieces by Pierre-Benoit Lorillon, Paris, 1805-1819
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
comprising: a covered vegetable dish with a presentation dish, plain model, with a pine finial, engraved with an "H" surmounted by the imperial crown, the body and cover numbered n°1, marks : titre, garantie and maker; a gilt-metal warmer adorned with palms border, engraved with the coat-of-arms of Hortense; two table spoons and six table forks, Empire pattern with the coat-of-arms of Hortense, marks : titre, garantie and maker; we add a gilt-metal warmer with the coat-of-arms of Napoleon I, same model at the first one
(12)
Vegetable dish: width. 23,5 cm ; Length 9 ¼ in ; Warmer : width. 31,5 cm; Length 12 ¼ in
Weight : 2830 gr (90.95 oz)
Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837);
The vegetable dish: Christie’s London, 28 November 2012, lot 603.
The warmers: Darmancier et Clair, Bourges, 6 July 2013, lot 247.
One flatware: Lenormand-Dayen, Paris, 1 September 1998
One flatware, Libert, Paris, 17 May 2006, lot 150.