A pair of French silver-gilt wine-coasters from the Mikhail Pavlovitch service

MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES CAHIER, PARIS, 1819-1838

细节

A pair of French silver-gilt wine-coasters from the Mikhail Pavlovitch service
Maker's mark of Jean-Charles Cahier, Paris, 1819-1838
Each with gadrooned rim and beaded band, the slightly waisted gallery pierced with quatrefoils and ovals with arrow heads between, the silver-gilt centres engraved with crowned monogram, marked on bases and gallery
13.1 cm. (5¼ in.) diam.
508 gr. (16 oz.) (2)

拍品专文

The monogram is that of Nicholas Pavlovich (1796-1855), later Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. He was the son of Emperor Paul (1754-1801) and his second wife Maria Feodorovna, Duchess of Wurtemberg. He married Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Charlotte of Prussia in 1817 and succeeded his brother Alexander I (1777-1825) in 1826. He was the elder brother of Mikhail Pavlovich and also patronised the leading Parisian silversmiths of the day including Biennais.