A SET OF THREE FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER GILT OVAL SERVING DISHES
A SET OF THREE FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER GILT OVAL SERVING DISHESMARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS MARKS 1798-1819, .950 STANDARDWith anthemion borders, one engraved with the initials MP (possibly the initials of Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich) beneath the Russian Imperial crown30.5cm, 38cm and 40cm long2490g (80.05 oz)Together with:A LATER GILT OVAL SERVING DISHUNMARKED, SIGNED BIENNAIS IN SCRIPTEngraved with a copy of initials MP beneath a crown30.5cm longProvenance:Sale, Christie's, Unidentified sale, lot sticker for lot number 100The leading French silversmiths Martin Guillaume Biennais and Jean-Charles Cahier were commissioned by Tsar Alexander I (1801-1825) to create a vast silver gilt dining and ceremonial service to be gifted to his younger brother Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich (1798-1849), the fourth son of Tsar Paul I (1798-1801). It is believed that following Grand Duke Mikhail's death, the service was then in the St Petersburg collection of Alexander Lyudvigovich, 2nd Baron Stieglitz (d.1884), and was subsequently confiscated from the Stieglitz family or museum after 1917 by the Soviet authorities. Numerous pieces from the service have been sold in international auctions throughout the 20th century.
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A SET OF THREE FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER GILT OVAL SERVING DISHESMARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS MARKS 1798-1819, .950 STANDARDWith anthemion borders, one engraved with the initials MP (possibly the initials of Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich) beneath the Russian Imperial crown30.5cm, 38cm and 40cm long2490g (80.05 oz)Together with:A LATER GILT OVAL SERVING DISHUNMARKED, SIGNED BIENNAIS IN SCRIPTEngraved with a copy of initials MP beneath a crown30.5cm longProvenance:Sale, Christie's, Unidentified sale, lot sticker for lot number 100The leading French silversmiths Martin Guillaume Biennais and Jean-Charles Cahier were commissioned by Tsar Alexander I (1801-1825) to create a vast silver gilt dining and ceremonial service to be gifted to his younger brother Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich (1798-1849), the fourth son of Tsar Paul I (1798-1801). It is believed that following Grand Duke Mikhail's death, the service was then in the St Petersburg collection of Alexander Lyudvigovich, 2nd Baron Stieglitz (d.1884), and was subsequently confiscated from the Stieglitz family or museum after 1917 by the Soviet authorities. Numerous pieces from the service have been sold in international auctions throughout the 20th century.
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£25,000.00
32.4% up to
£500,000.00
31.2% above
£500,000.00
