A fine French silver-gilt dessert-service

MAKER'S MARK OF PIERRE-BENOIT LORILLON, THE KNIVES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, 1809-1819

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A fine French silver-gilt dessert-service
Maker's mark of Pierre-Benoit Lorillon, the knives with maker's mark of Martin-Guillaume Biennais, Paris, 1809-1819
The spoons and forks with shaped stems cast and chased with a peacock in its splendour within scroll and foliage cartouche, the upper part with moulded border beaded at intervals, the reverse with a figure of cupid and coat-of-arms beneath Prince's crown, the knives with shaped tops, the stems cast and chased on both sides with cornucopia, thyrsus, mask and a simplified version of the same arms, comprising:
- thirty-six dessert-forks
- thirty-six dessert-spoons
- thirty-six dessert-knives with silver-gilt blades
marked on stems and blades
6,610 gr. (212 oz.) including knives (108)

Lot Essay

Pierre-Benoit Lorillon was one of Biennais's major suppliers of table-silver. He appears to have produced table-silver for many extensive table-services such as the vast Borghese service as well as the nécessaires with which Biennais established his name.

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