A French silver-gilt serving dish and cover with gilt copper warming stand from the Borghese Service
A French silver-gilt serving dish and cover with gilt copper warming stand from the Borghese Service
Martin-Guillaume Biennais, 1st standard Paris marks for 1809 - 1819, the cover engraved 'Biennais, Orfèvre de Lrs Mtés Impériales et Royales à Paris'
The oval dish with an anthemion border, the domed cover with a removable bud finial and foliate bracket, decorated with an applied frieze of dancing Classical maidens supporting swags and swans, the stand with four winged lion mask and paw feet, with a hinged refilling slot, all three pieces engraved with the arms of Borghese, length of stand 50.5cm, weight excluding stand 155.5oz.
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A French silver-gilt serving dish and cover with gilt copper warming stand from the Borghese Service
Martin-Guillaume Biennais, 1st standard Paris marks for 1809 - 1819, the cover engraved 'Biennais, Orfèvre de Lrs Mtés Impériales et Royales à Paris'
The oval dish with an anthemion border, the domed cover with a removable bud finial and foliate bracket, decorated with an applied frieze of dancing Classical maidens supporting swags and swans, the stand with four winged lion mask and paw feet, with a hinged refilling slot, all three pieces engraved with the arms of Borghese, length of stand 50.5cm, weight excluding stand 155.5oz.