Cutlery from the ‘Vermeil de Rome’ Napoleon Service
Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764–1843)
1811
this site may contain automatically translated text- Material/technique
- silver
- Measurements
- 15.0 × 73.0 × 51.0 cm Cassette incl. handle
- Acquisition
- acquired in 1817 by Prince Johann I von Liechtenstein
- Artists/makers/authors
- Martin-Guillaume Biennais
- Inventory number
- SI 257
- Signature/inscriptions content only available in German
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Meistermarke: Biennais Martin Guillaume
Beschaumarke: Feingehaltsstempel mit Hahn: 950 °/oo (Rosenberg Nr. 6573) Garantiestempel: Römerkopf nach links (Rosenberg Nr. 6587)
- Provenance
- Ordered in 1811 at Biennais by Napoleon Bonaparte; moved to Naples in 1814 by Gioacchino Murat; until 1817 Caroline Murat, b. Bonaparte; acquired in 1817 by Prince Johann I von Liechtenstein from Caroline Murat (named in the invoice as Countess Lipona)
- Place of origin
- Paris
Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, R3, 3. Aufl., Bd. IV, Ausland und Byzanz, Bd. Bd. IV, 4 Bde., 3. Auflage Aufl., Berlin 1928, S. 263, Nr. 6573, S. 264, Nr. 6587, S. 299, Kat. 6770
Ausst.-Kat. Liechtenstein. 900 years of a ruling family in the heart of Europe, LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna (Hg.), National Palace Museum, Seoul 5.12.2018–10.2.2019, erschienen Seoul 2018, S. 345, Kat.-Nr. 148
Ausst.-Kat. Liechtenstein. 900 years of a ruling family in the heart of Europe, LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna (Hg.), National Palace Museum, Seoul 5.12.2018–10.2.2019, erschienen Seoul 2018, S. 345, Kat.-Nr. 148
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