Estimate

220 - 270

Session 2

16 November 2021

Hammer Price

Description

French silver
Mother-of-pearl handles of inlaid silver shield and solid silver blades, finials and ferrules. one monogramed RB
France, 1798-1838, marks per knife:
- "2e Coq Province" (1798-1809), "Menus Ouvrages" (right ear, Paris), "Moyenne Garantie mark (1798-1809, department 95), maker's mark LC, a lower ring, an upper ring.
- Elder's Head "2e titre", "Province" (1819-1838), "Grosse Garantie" (Hercules Head, 1819-1838, department 81), Maker's mark FD, two coffee beans.
- Elder's Head "2e titre, Province" (1819-1838), "Grosse Garantie" (Hercules Head, 1819-1838, department 81), maker's mark FD, two coffee beans.
- Elder's Head "2e titre", "Province" (1819-1838), "Grosse Garantie" (Hercules Head, 1819-1838, department 81), Maker's mark FD, two coffee beans.
- Elder's Head "2e titre", "Province" (1819-1838), "Grosse Garantie" (Hercules Head, 1819-1838, department 81), Maker's mark FD, two coffee beans.
- Elder's Head "2e titre", "Province" (1819-1838), "Grosse Garantie" (Hercules Head, 1819-1838, department 81), Maker's mark FD, two coffee beans.
- Elder's Head "2e titre", "Province" (1819-1838), "Grosse Garantie" (Hercules Head, 1819-1838, department 81), Maker's mark GB, a lower bowl, an upper bowl.
- Elder's Head "2e titre", "Province" (1819-1838), "Grosse Garantie" (Hercules Head, 1819-1838, department 81), Maker's mark GB, a lower bowl, an upper bowl.
(in good condition, some restoration)

235 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

An identical model with Prince Eugène de Beauharnais' monogram in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, and another in the collection of the Hôtel de Sully Museum in Châtellerault. Three similar models, from the former Louis-Victor PUIFORCAT collection, are also kept in the Musée du Louvre