SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED COVERED BOWL AND ASSOCIATED STAND, MARC-AUGUSTIN LEBRUN / MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, 1819-38 / 1809-19
Auction Closed
November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED COVERED BOWL AND ASSOCIATED STAND
MARC-AUGUSTIN LEBRUN / MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS
1819-38 / 1809-19
the bowl with leaf and arrow-tip borders, handles rising from palm leaves and flowerheads, the cover with fruit and laurel wreath final rising from a disc of spreading formal foliage, later engraved with Imperial arms, fully marked; the stand with leaf and berry rim, engraved with the Royal Arms of France, stamped 5 and marked underrim and stamped Biennais
28 oz 10 dwt
886 g
length over handle 7 1/4 in.; 18.4 cm
diameter of stand 8 3/8 in.; 21 cm
Two pairs of plates from this Royal service, one pair of the same size as the current plate, were sold Replica Shoes ’s, Paris, October 3, 2008, lot 339.