EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug Cover dish, oval, on eight-sided base Tea tray, cake trays, jam tray, sugar trays, coffee pot and milk jug, Cover dish with lid, made of gold-plated silver, on an oval foot, standing...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug Tray, oval, on six lion claws. Edge decorated with hippocamps and vines, Oval Empire leaf of gold-plated silver. The leaf rests on 6 lion claws and is surrounded by a vertically rais...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug, Cover dish, oval, on eight-sided base, Cover dish with lid of gold-plated silver, on an oval base, standing on an eight-sided base. Ears at both ends, held by winged female half-fig...
EditorialFour Light Candelabrum (one of a pair). Martin-Guillaume Biennais; French, 1764-1843; Paris, France. Date: 1809-1819. Dimensions: H. 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.). Silver-gilt, repouss?, cast, applied and chased decoration, gilt bronze. Origin: Paris.
EditorialSauceboat and Stand (one of a pair). French, Paris; Martin Guillaume Biennais (French, 1798-1843). Date: 1794-1797. Dimensions: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.). Silver gilt. Origin: Paris.
EditorialSilver made by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, Stand (part of a dining service), French, Paris, Cutlery made by Pierre-Beno?t Lorillon (active 1788ca. 1836), ca. 1805, French, Paris, Thuya wood, silver gilt, 16 1/2 ? 19 in. (41.9 ? 48.3 cm), Metalwork-Silver.
EditorialGrand Cross of the Royal Order of Holland from IJA Gogel, Order sign consisting of an eight-pointed star with white enamelled points with a pearl, in between bees, ajour, in the center a blue circle with border inscriptions in gold, inside in gold in r...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug, Milk jug on round ascending base and with a high ebony ear, Empire milk jug of gold-plated silver, on a round, rising foot and with a high ebony ear. The vessel is egg shaped. Engra...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug Tray, oval, on six lion claws. Edge decorated with hippocamps and vines, Oval Empire leaf of gold-plated silver. The leaf rests on 6 lion claws and is surrounded by a vertically rais...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug, Cake plate, decorated with acanthus leaves, tea tray, cake plates, jam plate, sugar plates, Cake plate of gilt silver. A flat plateau with a vertical, narrow rim. Foot and shaft dec...
EditorialGrand Cross of the Order of the Reunion of I.J.A. Gogel, Copper bear mark in the form of an eight-pointed star made up of bundles of arrows, on which a crowned eagle with order (of the Legion of Honor) around his neck, covers his entire body with a shi...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug, Sugar box on pedestal, Empire sugar box of gold-plated silver. The box is chalice-shaped with a faintly arched lid. On the pedestal stands a wreath of spoon holders with 3 winged sp...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug Cover dish, oval, on eight-sided base Tea tray, cake trays, jam tray, sugar trays, coffee pot and milk jug, Cover dish with lid, made of gold-plated silver, on an oval foot, standing...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug Cake plate, decorated with acanthus leaves, Cake plate of gilt silver. A flat plateau with a vertical, narrow rim. Foot and shaft decorated with acanthus leaves. Engraved on the shee...
EditorialFour Light Candelabrum (one of a pair). Martin-Guillaume Biennais; French, 1764-1843; Paris, France. Date: 1809-1819. Dimensions: H. 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.). Silver-gilt, repouss?, cast, applied and chased decoration, gilt bronze. Origin: Paris.
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug Coffee pot with spout shaped dragon head, Coffee pot of gilt silver, on three high legs with winged female figures. The egg-shaped barrel is tapered. Engraved with the crowned imperi...
EditorialTea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug, Cover dish, oval, on eight-sided base, Cover dish with lid of gold-plated silver, on an oval base, standing on an eight-sided base. Ears at both ends, held by winged female half-fig...
EditorialFour Light Candelabrum (one of a pair). Martin-Guillaume Biennais; French, 1764-1843; Paris, France. Date: 1809-1819. Dimensions: H. 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.). Silver-gilt, repouss?, cast, applied and chased decoration, gilt bronze. Origin: Paris.
EditorialTwo Sweetmeat Dishes. Possibly by Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot; French, 1753-1850; Paris, France. Date: 1819-1838. Dimensions: H. 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.). Silver gilt and glass. Origin: Paris.
EditorialFour Light Candelabrum (one of a pair). Martin-Guillaume Biennais; French, 1764-1843; Paris, France. Date: 1809-1819. Dimensions: H. 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.). Silver-gilt, repouss?, cast, applied and chased decoration, gilt bronze. Origin: Paris.
EditorialFour Light Candelabrum (one of a pair). Martin-Guillaume Biennais; French, 1764-1843; Paris, France. Date: 1809-1819. Dimensions: H. 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.). Silver-gilt, repouss?, cast, applied and chased decoration, gilt bronze. Origin: Paris.
EditorialPair of Warming Dishes. Martin Guillaume Biennais; France, 1764-1843; Paris, France. Date: 1794-1797. Dimensions: 27.9 x 20.3 cm (11 x 8 in.). Silver gilt. Origin: Paris.
EditorialSauceboat and Stand (one of a pair). French, Paris; Martin Guillaume Biennais (French, 1798-1843). Date: 1794-1797. Dimensions: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.). Silver gilt. Origin: Paris.
EditorialMain de Justice-Hand of Justice. Ivory, gilt silver, gold, pearls, precious stones, 1804. Made for the coronation of Napoleon, December 1,1804. Crafted by Biennais after an inverted engraving by Montfaucon,14th, with the ring called " of Saint Den...
EditorialMain de Justice-Hand of Justice. Ivory, gilt silver, gold, pearls, precious stones, 1804. Made for the coronation of Napoleon, December 1,1804. Crafted by Biennais after an inverted engraving by Montfaucon,14th, with the ring called " of Saint Den...