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AN EMPIRE SILVER-GILT SIX-LIGHT BOUILLOTTE LAMP

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$ 200 000
Auction dateClassic
20.10.2022 18:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 819762
Lot 30 | AN EMPIRE SILVER-GILT SIX-LIGHT BOUILLOTTE LAMP
AN EMPIRE SILVER-GILT SIX-LIGHT BOUILLOTTE LAMP

MARK OF MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS, PARIS, 1809-1819, AFTER A DESIGN BY PERCIER AND FONTAINE, THE SHADE BORDER SLIGHTLY LATER

The shaped tripod base raised on paw feet cast and chased with palmettes, acanthus, and rosettes, rising to a baluster form stem applied with bands of foliage and centered with the applied coat-of-arms of Napoleon's mother Madame Mère, the six acanthus-capped horn-form branches with cylindrical sconces with bands of stiff leaves and rosettes, the branches further mounted with winged demi-eagles supporting a laurel ring, the tapered cylindrical adjustable shade applied with matching coat-of-arms and with border of grapevine, dolphins, wheat, and bullrush, and with later silver-plated liner, with finial modeled as an eagle perched upon a star covered globe and clutching a twist of rope within its talons, marked on base, stem, branches, sconces, nozzles, finial, and shade frame and border with maker's mark and French hallmarks as well as later French control marks, the shade frame also stamped BIENNAIS

34 5/8 in. (88 cm.) high

272 oz. 4 dwt. (8,465 gr.) gross weighable silver





Provenance

Marie Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte (1750 - 1836), later styled Madame Mère.

By descent from a Marshal of France; Christie's, Geneva, 11 November 1975, lot 82.

The British Rail Pension Fund; Sotheby's, Geneva, 14 November 1988, lot 108.

Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 April 1995, lot 170.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Exhibited

London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1976 - 1984.
Artist:Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764 - 1843)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires
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