AN FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND GLASS VASE

MARK OF MARC JACQUART, PARIS, 1798-1809

Details

AN FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND GLASS VASE
MARK OF MARC JACQUART, PARIS, 1798-1809
Vase form, on pierced pedestal foot on four paw supports, the lower body fluted and applied with two elephant heads, the open-work vase with foliate scrolls and centering female masks, with beaded everted rim and ring handles, with glass liner, marked on base and vase
9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) high; 31 oz. (965 gr.)

Literature

James D. Draper, The Arts Under Napoleon, New York, 1978, no. 163, figure 28

Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Arts Under Napoleon, April-July, 1978

Lot Essay

This talented and prolific Parisian silversmith was known for his work in the Empire style, such as a tea and coffee service made for Prince Lubomyrski of Cracow, 1809-1819, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Examples of his work in the Love Collection include a nécessaire de voyage (lot 168) and a tea urn (lot 178). Jacquart was also influenced by the fashion for Egyptian ornament, spurred by Napoleon's campaign in the Nile and the 1802 publication of Vivant Denon's Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, pendant les Campagnes du Général Bonaparte. Lots 173-175 reflect this taste, featuring elephant heads, Egyptianizing wigs of corkscrew curls, striated headdresses and conjoined feet.

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