A FRENCH SILVER-GILT FIVE-PIECE SUPPER SERVICE AND STAND MARK OF...
In the Empire style after a model by Biennais, comprising four crescent-shaped dishes and a circular dish, all with stiff leaf and berry rims, the covers engraved with laurels and anthemion, the crescent-form covers with seated hound finials, the circular cover with a bud finial, all fitting together on a conforming circular stand, marked on dishes, covers, and stand, the four crescent dishes and stand further stamped PUIFORCAT PARIS on undersides
163⁄8 in. (41.5 cm.) diameter, the tray
166 oz. 10 dwt. (5,178 gr.)
Lot Essay
The present lot is modeled after four dishes by Martin-Guillaume Biennais dated 1809-1814 which are now in the collection of the Louvre, Paris (Acc. No. OA 9696). These dishes were part of a larger supper service commissioned by Emperor Napoleon as an official gift to Jean Bernadotte (1763-1844), marshal of France and later King Charles XIV John of Sweden. An identical example was sold at Christie's, New York, 1 November 2023, lot 650.
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In the Empire style after a model by Biennais, comprising four crescent-shaped dishes and a circular dish, all with stiff leaf and berry rims, the covers engraved with laurels and anthemion, the crescent-form covers with seated hound finials, the circular cover with a bud finial, all fitting together on a conforming circular stand, marked on dishes, covers, and stand, the four crescent dishes and stand further stamped PUIFORCAT PARIS on undersides
163⁄8 in. (41.5 cm.) diameter, the tray
166 oz. 10 dwt. (5,178 gr.)
Lot Essay
The present lot is modeled after four dishes by Martin-Guillaume Biennais dated 1809-1814 which are now in the collection of the Louvre, Paris (Acc. No. OA 9696). These dishes were part of a larger supper service commissioned by Emperor Napoleon as an official gift to Jean Bernadotte (1763-1844), marshal of France and later King Charles XIV John of Sweden. An identical example was sold at Christie's, New York, 1 November 2023, lot 650.
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