THE CLOCHES WITH MARK OF ROBERT-JOSEPH AUGUSTE, PARIS, TWO 1777 AND FIVE 1782; FOUR DISHES WITH MARK OF LOUIS-JOSEPH LENHENDRICK, PARIS, 1777; TWO RUSSIAN DISHES WITH MARK OF F. G. KEYT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1799 AND ONE DISH, FRANCE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A SET OF SEVEN LOUIS XVI SILVER CLOCHES AND DISHES
THE CLOCHES WITH MARK OF ROBERT-JOSEPH AUGUSTE, PARIS, TWO 1777 AND FIVE 1782; FOUR DISHES WITH MARK OF LOUIS-JOSEPH LENHENDRICK, PARIS, 1777; TWO RUSSIAN DISHES WITH MARK OF F. G. KEYT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1799 AND ONE DISH, FRANCE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The cloches, each circular with chased flutes and acanthus calyx with bud finial, the pair of 1779 with slightly differing finial; the French dishes each shaped circular hexafoil with moulded borders, the Russian dishes plain circular with reeded border, marked underneath rims and in cloches with charge, date-letters (O and T) and maker; on rims with decharge for objects going abroad; the cloches stamped with inventory number 2 the dishes stamped on reverses with Russian inventory number 2 and prick-engraved with Cyrillic monogram EKC; the 1782 cloches pricked with No 2 and the 1779 with Cyrillic monogram EKC
the cloches 11 3⁄8 in.(28.7 cm.) diameter ; the Lenhendrick dishes 12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) dishes; the Russian dishes 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.)
514 oz. 12 dwt. (16,007 gr.)

Provenance

Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), then by descent to her son
Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) recalled to St Petersburg in 1797, then by descent,
The Winter Palace, St Petersburg until sold by the Soviet Government.
with Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1975 (the four dishes and the 1782 cloches).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 15 June 1997, lot 215 (for the two 1777 cloches and two Russian dishes).
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.

Literature

Baron A. de Foelkersam, Inventaire de l'Argenterie conservéee dans les garde-meubles des Palais Impériaux, 1907, vol. I, p. V and 132; vol. II, pp. 172 and 158-166.

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Lot Essay

This group of cloches and dishes comprises elements from two of Auguste's most important services, the first and the last: Ekaterinoslav and Moscow. In Foelkersam's 1907 inventory the Ekaterinoslav cloches are part of a group of sixteen listed under CT. 173, p. 163; the Moscow cloches are listed under CT. 191, p. 172 (vol. II); the Lenhendrick dishes are listed under Ct. 170p. 161 part of a group of sixteen.

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