Estimate

800 - 900

Session 1

16 November 2021

Hammer Price

Description

Paris 1783, by J.P. CHARPENAT
French silver of flower and fruit garlands, medallions, ribbons and architectural elements openwork decoration centred by a blank cartouche supported by cherubs. Central obelisk shaped pommel, surmounted by sphere with ornamentation with flower garlands foliage, ribbons and beading, marked "Charge", "Décharge", "Jurande, 1783". Blue glass liners
(some wear, some chips to glass liners)

13,0 cm
244 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

CHARPENAT was the maker of the famous Queen Marie-Antoinette "nécessaire" as well as of its replica, ordered by the Queen in 1791 as a gift to her sister Marie-Christine
These salt cellars are a similar to the vinegar cruet made by Jean-Pierre Charpenat today at and the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Museums
Musée du Louvre, Paris – Marie-Antoinette travelling case (nécessaire), silver, gold, copper and ebony, Paris 1787-1789
Musée du Louvre, Paris - "Huilier", silver and crystal, Paris 1787
Musée Internationale de la Parfumerie, Grasse – Casket "nécessaire de voyage" known as Marie-Antoinette's – mahogany, copper, leather, silver and gilt silver, ebony, ivory, mirror, porcelain, crystal, paper, thread, wood e textile, Paris 1791
Metropolitan Museum New York – Traveling candlestick, silver, Paris 1788-1789

Bibliography
DURAND Jannic, BIMBRENET-PRIVAT Michèle, DASSAS Frédéric, Décors, mobilier et objets d’art du musée du Louvre – De Louis XIV à Marie-Antoinette, Paris, Louvre Éditions, 2014
MADAME CAMPAN, Mémoires de Madame Campan, première femme de chambre de Marie-Antoinette, 1988
MARIE-ANTOINETTE ; SETH Catriona, presented by, Lettres inédites, Albin Michel, 2019

Exhibitions
"Parfums et flacons au XVIIIe siècle", Musée International de la Parfumerie, Grasse, 12 May - 15 September 1994
"Nécessaire de voyage dit de Marie-Antoinette", Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles, 6 January - 29 March 2005