A SET OF FOUR FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT WINE COOLERS FROM THE PAVLOVITCH SERVICE
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT WINE COOLERS FROM THE PAVLOVITCH SERVICE
ONE WITH MARK OF MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, 1809-1819; THREE WITH MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES CAHIER, PARIS, 1819-1838
Each plain cylindrical on circular foot cast with palm leaf border, applied on the upper body with a grapevine border, the flaring rim with anthemion border, with two bracket handles with fluted calyx terminals, applied on each side with a foliate Cyrillic monogram beneath a crown, marked underneath, on footrim and body, and engraved with Imperial inventory numbers, No. 41, No. 46, No. 49 (Cahier), and 33 (Biennais)
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
219 oz. 8 dwt. (6,825 gr.)
The monogram and crown are for Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich (1798-1849).
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 1 May 1974, lot 118 (pair by Cahier) and lot 119 (one Cahier and one Biennais).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 November 2002, lot 12.
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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT WINE COOLERS FROM THE PAVLOVITCH SERVICE
ONE WITH MARK OF MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, 1809-1819; THREE WITH MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES CAHIER, PARIS, 1819-1838
Each plain cylindrical on circular foot cast with palm leaf border, applied on the upper body with a grapevine border, the flaring rim with anthemion border, with two bracket handles with fluted calyx terminals, applied on each side with a foliate Cyrillic monogram beneath a crown, marked underneath, on footrim and body, and engraved with Imperial inventory numbers, No. 41, No. 46, No. 49 (Cahier), and 33 (Biennais)
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
219 oz. 8 dwt. (6,825 gr.)
The monogram and crown are for Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich (1798-1849).
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 1 May 1974, lot 118 (pair by Cahier) and lot 119 (one Cahier and one Biennais).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 November 2002, lot 12.
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