• 500 ans, Arts Décoratifs Europ auction at Christies

    Sale 5586

    500 ans, Arts Décoratifs Européens

    Paris

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    17 December 2009

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    Lot 13

    PAIRE DE MOUTARDIERS EN ARGENT

    PAR MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, VERS 1819

    Price realised

    EUR 40,600

    Estimate

    EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000

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    PAIRE DE MOUTARDIERS EN ARGENT
    PAR MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, VERS 1819
    En forme de vase, reposant sur une base circulaire supportée par trois pieds à attaches en tête de lion, le piédouche cannelé, le corps à décor de guirlandes de dauphins et de feuilles d'acanthe sur fond amati, l'anse en enroulement, le couvercle à charnière avec prise en fleur, la doublure en verre bleu, poinçons sur le corps: titre, garantie de 1809-1819 et orfèvre; sur la base: titre, garantie de 1819-1838 et orfèvre; sur le bord du couvercle: titre et garantie
    Hauteur: 15 cm. (6 in.)
    810 gr. (28.55 oz.) (2)

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    Lot Essay

    Un dessin de l'album de Biennais, illustrant le modèle de nos moutardiers, est reproduit dans H. Bouilhet, L'orfèvrerie française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, Paris, 1910, p. 83.

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    Post Lot Text

    A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER MUSTARD POTS AND BLUE GLASS LINERS, CIRCA 1819


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