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Lot Essay
Le Maréchal Ney (1769-1815)
Originaire d’une famille modeste de Lorraine, il est éduqué tant en langue française qu’allemande. Clerc de notaire, il entre à l’âge de dix-huit ans dans l’armée comme hussard. Durant les guerres révolutionnaires il gravi les échelons ; repéré par le Général Kléber, il devient Général de Division en 1799 et finalement nommé Maréchal à la proclamation de l’Empire le 18 mai 1804. Il participe aux nombreuses conquêtes et batailles de l’Empire, et touché par une balle lors du combat de Moscowa il porte de ce jour le titre de prince de la Moscowa (25 mars 1813).
Après la capitulation de Paris, il traverse difficilement la Restauration, les Cent jours et la seconde Restauration se concluant par une fin tragique. Il aura quatre fils, trois généraux et impliqués dans la politique, le dernier étant diplomate.
Pour un compotier coquille de forme similaire en porcelaine de Paris, voir par Michel Bloit, Trois siècles de Porcelaine de Paris, Paris, 1988, p.36.
Marshal Ney (1769-1815)
Born into family of modest means in France’s north-eastern border region of Lorraine, Michel Ney was given a bilingual education in both French and German. A trained notary clerk, he joined the army as a hussar at the age of eighteen, and quickly rose through the ranks during the Revolutionary Wars that rocked Europe at the turn of the century. Noticed by General Kléber, he was raised to the rank of General of Division in 1799 before becoming Marshal of the Empire following its proclamation on 18 May 1804. He would go on to participate in many of the celebrated conquests and battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Hit by a bullet during the battle for Moscow, he was awarded the title of Prince of the Moskva on 25 March 1813.
After the capitulation of Paris, Ney navigated through the Restoration, Hundred Days and Second Restoration with difficulty, culminating in his execution by firing squad on 7 December 1815. Like him, three of his four sons went on to become generals, while the fourth pursued political life as a diplomat.
For a related shell-shaped compotier in Paris porcelain, see Michel Bloit, Trois siècles de Porcelaine de Paris, Paris, 1988, p.36.
Originaire d’une famille modeste de Lorraine, il est éduqué tant en langue française qu’allemande. Clerc de notaire, il entre à l’âge de dix-huit ans dans l’armée comme hussard. Durant les guerres révolutionnaires il gravi les échelons ; repéré par le Général Kléber, il devient Général de Division en 1799 et finalement nommé Maréchal à la proclamation de l’Empire le 18 mai 1804. Il participe aux nombreuses conquêtes et batailles de l’Empire, et touché par une balle lors du combat de Moscowa il porte de ce jour le titre de prince de la Moscowa (25 mars 1813).
Après la capitulation de Paris, il traverse difficilement la Restauration, les Cent jours et la seconde Restauration se concluant par une fin tragique. Il aura quatre fils, trois généraux et impliqués dans la politique, le dernier étant diplomate.
Pour un compotier coquille de forme similaire en porcelaine de Paris, voir par Michel Bloit, Trois siècles de Porcelaine de Paris, Paris, 1988, p.36.
Marshal Ney (1769-1815)
Born into family of modest means in France’s north-eastern border region of Lorraine, Michel Ney was given a bilingual education in both French and German. A trained notary clerk, he joined the army as a hussar at the age of eighteen, and quickly rose through the ranks during the Revolutionary Wars that rocked Europe at the turn of the century. Noticed by General Kléber, he was raised to the rank of General of Division in 1799 before becoming Marshal of the Empire following its proclamation on 18 May 1804. He would go on to participate in many of the celebrated conquests and battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Hit by a bullet during the battle for Moscow, he was awarded the title of Prince of the Moskva on 25 March 1813.
After the capitulation of Paris, Ney navigated through the Restoration, Hundred Days and Second Restoration with difficulty, culminating in his execution by firing squad on 7 December 1815. Like him, three of his four sons went on to become generals, while the fourth pursued political life as a diplomat.
For a related shell-shaped compotier in Paris porcelain, see Michel Bloit, Trois siècles de Porcelaine de Paris, Paris, 1988, p.36.