Eclectic | London
Eclectic | London
Property of a Nobleman
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May 18, 04:10 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Property of a Nobleman
CHARLES PERCIER
Paris 1764 - 1838
FIVE DESIGNS FOR TABLEWARE:
A) AN ICE BUCKET
B) A CANDELABRUM
C) A VERRIÈRE
D) A SAUCIÈRE
E) A CRUET
All pen and black ink and watercolour over black chalk;
all inscribed in pen and brown ink: H. Auguste. inv. Paris.;
all bear Odiot Collection stamp in red ink, numbered: 490, 491, 492, 493 and 494 respectively in pen and ink;
all bear inscriptions on mount: Seau à rafraichir, Girandole, Verrière, Saucière and Huilier
Each circa: 360 by 270 mm
(5)
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Maison Odiot, Paris
H. Bouilhet, L'orfèvrerie Francaise aux XVIII et XIX siècles, vol. II, 1910, p. 46, reproduced, p. 47
This fine group of presentation drawings by Charles Percier are after designs by Henri Auguste for gifts from the City of Paris to the newly crowned Emperor and Empress.