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MOST MARK OF DENIS-FRANÇOIS FRANCKSON, PARIS, 1809-1819
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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT NECESSAIRE DE VOYAGE**
MOST MARK OF DENIS-FRANÇOIS FRANCKSON, PARIS, 1809-1819
Comprising:
An oval basin
Two plates
A teapot
A covered sugar bowl
A cream jug
Two cylindrical cannisters, in sizes
A hot water pot with stand and burner
A tea caddy, Quentin Baschelet
Two coffee cups and saucers, the cups Quentin Baschelet
One beaker, Louis-Joseph Thomas
A rectangular box, a pin tray, a pierced hinged cover, a cut glass box with cover, Pierre-Nöel Blaquière
A baluster form ewer, maker's mark worn
Eleven cut-glass bottles, with silver gilt stoppers
A pair of candle snuffers, Paul-Renée Brunet
A small cannister
Two candlesticks, in two sizes
Two dessert spoons, two forks and two teaspoons, mark of CB over D Two cheese knives, mark of V. Cardeilhac
Two dessert knives with steel blades
Twenty-three toilet articles in metal, silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl, some with gold mounts
A rectangular two-handled tray, Quentin Baschelet
A rectangular mirror frame, lacking maker's mark
in a fitted amboyna wood case with brass mounts, the cover with brass plaque MCB, the case inscribed Fait par Maire Fabt. de Nécessaires du Roi et de la Famille Royale, Rue St. honoré No. 154 à Paris
The case 20 in. (51 cm.) long; 292 oz. 10 dwt. (9147 gr.) weighable silver
The initials MCB on the engraved plaque of this nécessaire de voyage are possibly for Marie-Julie Clary Bonaparte (1771-1845). Marie-Julie married Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, Joseph, in 1794. She was the Queen of Naples (1806-1808) and later the Queen of Spain (1808-1813).
MOST MARK OF DENIS-FRANÇOIS FRANCKSON, PARIS, 1809-1819
Comprising:
An oval basin
Two plates
A teapot
A covered sugar bowl
A cream jug
Two cylindrical cannisters, in sizes
A hot water pot with stand and burner
A tea caddy, Quentin Baschelet
Two coffee cups and saucers, the cups Quentin Baschelet
One beaker, Louis-Joseph Thomas
A rectangular box, a pin tray, a pierced hinged cover, a cut glass box with cover, Pierre-Nöel Blaquière
A baluster form ewer, maker's mark worn
Eleven cut-glass bottles, with silver gilt stoppers
A pair of candle snuffers, Paul-Renée Brunet
A small cannister
Two candlesticks, in two sizes
Two dessert spoons, two forks and two teaspoons, mark of CB over D Two cheese knives, mark of V. Cardeilhac
Two dessert knives with steel blades
Twenty-three toilet articles in metal, silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl, some with gold mounts
A rectangular two-handled tray, Quentin Baschelet
A rectangular mirror frame, lacking maker's mark
in a fitted amboyna wood case with brass mounts, the cover with brass plaque MCB, the case inscribed Fait par Maire Fabt. de Nécessaires du Roi et de la Famille Royale, Rue St. honoré No. 154 à Paris
The case 20 in. (51 cm.) long; 292 oz. 10 dwt. (9147 gr.) weighable silver
The initials MCB on the engraved plaque of this nécessaire de voyage are possibly for Marie-Julie Clary Bonaparte (1771-1845). Marie-Julie married Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, Joseph, in 1794. She was the Queen of Naples (1806-1808) and later the Queen of Spain (1808-1813).
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