Sale 5586
Paris
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17 December 2009
Price realised
EUR 40,600
Estimate
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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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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A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER MUSTARD POTS AND BLUE GLASS LINERS, CIRCA 1819
Four Berlin-based German collectors discuss their collections, and the considerations that drive their collecting
The New York City-based interior designer selects his favourite pieces from the Rockefeller Collection
Carlo Scarpa took the traditions of Venetian glassblowing and created some of the 20th century’s most innovative designs
Four contemporary silversmiths — hailing from China, Belgium, Britain and Japan — who have harnessed ancient techniques to their own distinctive styles
Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art