Lot 3
3
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT BREAKFAST SERVICE IN THE EMPIRE STYLE, comprising circular stand, four fan-shaped dishes and covers and covers each with detachable seated dog and foliate calyx finial and a circular bowl and cover with detachable bud and foliage calyx finial, the covers engraved with bands of anthemion ornament and stylised foliage and with berried foliage borders, by Puiforcat, Paris, probably late nineteeth century, in original fitted case

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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT BREAKFAST SERVICE IN THE EMPIRE STYLE, comprising circular stand, four fan-shaped dishes and covers and covers each with detachable seated dog and foliate calyx finial and a circular bowl and cover with detachable bud and foliage calyx finial, the covers engraved with bands of anthemion ornament and stylised foliage and with berried foliage borders, by Puiforcat, Paris, probably late nineteeth century, in original fitted case
16in. (41cm.) diam.
(5839grs.)

Lot Essay

A similar breakfast set on amboyna wood stand, by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, Paris circa 1810, traditionally made for Napoleon I is in the Al-Tajir Collection and exhibited London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, January 1990, no.22

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