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RARE NÉCESSAIRE DE VOYAGE PAR BIENNAIS, ATTRIBUÉ À JOSEPH PONIATOWSKI - Oval-shaped mahogany travel case with two recessed side handles following the curve of the body, inlaid with gilded brass and decorated with geometric shapes and intersecting lines, the lid edged with a quarter rush and adorned in the center with a shield engraved with the interlaced monogram "JP" attributed to Joseph Poniatowski (1763-1813), and a frieze of alternating lozenges and lozenges, between two fillets. Solid mahogany interior with several levels of travel accessories: 1) First level: Silver coins (all hallmarked with 1st cock, Paris, 1798-1809): - a covered cylindrical chocolate pot with straight screw handle, the doucine lid edged with a frieze of palmettes, silversmith: Marie Joseph Gabriel GENU, received master in 1788, retired in 1811. - a cylindrical covered cup with flat molded handle, the lid pierced with a frieze of stars in the doucine and edged with a frieze of palmettes, silversmith: Marie Joseph Gabriel GENU, received master in 1788, withdrawn in 1811. - a second covered cup, of the same size and shape as the previous one, but with an unpierced lid. - this cup is fitted with a two-part cylindrical element, the lower part screwed on, serving as a sugar bowl, goldsmith: Marie Joseph Gabriel GENU, received master in 1788, withdrawn in 1811. - a cylindrical element with a doucine lid, edged with tortoiseshell molding, serving as a tea caddy, silversmith: Marie Joseph Gabriel GENU, received master in 1788, withdrawn in 1811. - a second cylindrical element in two screwed parts, the upper one forming a travel inkwell, the lower one an hourglass. - a chinrest, silversmith: JBP a lion standing to the left a star. - two pairs of cut crystal flasks mounted in vermeil (no hallmark), engraved with garland friezes, one of the first pair bearing its original label "Eau de miel": H. 8.1 cm (neck of one damaged and missing); for the second pair: H. 8.5 cm (one without inner stopper and with a small chip in the neck). - three cylindrical ebony elements: one with a screwed lid releasing a rod of three thread reel holders, and a turned knob closing a needle holder (?), L. 7.1 cm, D. 2.1 cm; and two small covered cylindrical cases, L. 6.3 cm. - a vermeil eye bath in two screwed-together parts, the lower part forming a funnel, maker: IB un coeur en sautoir. - an oval silver basin, simply molded. In steel: two boot pulls, a pair of scissors, a corkscrew, a glove hook and a buckle. 2) Second level under the basin: - a pair of plain silver dishes with flared rims (1798-1808), maker: LFD un croissant for one, and Marie Joseph Gabriel GENU, received master in 1788, retired in 1811 for the other. Total weight: 152 g. - two vermeil table spoons (1798-1808), with filets, silversmith: Pierre Nicolas SOMME, received in 1760, struck off before September 30, 1806. - two vermeil coffee spoons (1798-1808), silversmith: Jean Antoine ALAZARD, received 1787. Total weight: 305 g. - a razor, blade marked 'Anderson London'. - another razor, with oval handle, medallion and silver tip, engraved 'Jles Guillon'. - the barrel-shaped grip. - two chased-iron handles. 3) Third level : - a small knife with ferrule, silver bolt and shield, round blade. - a silver compass, hallmarked foreign work of small guarantee, before 1809. - a vermeil toothbrush (no hallmark), edged with a double frieze. - a double-sided folding meter engraved on one side in centimeters and on the other side in inches. - a line-puller with a spare end. - a screwdriver with a wooden handle. - two turned scrapers. - an ear pick with three folding toothpicks at one end. - a whetstone in its red morocco case with small iron and silver medallion, signed "Biennais au singe violet". - a small tortoiseshell penknife with two blades and steel tip. - a pair of vermeil tweezers (no hallmark). - a vermeil belt hook (1798-1808), silversmith IB, L. 4.4 cm. - a tongue-lifter. 4) Bottom tray: thanks to a secret mechanism, a final concealed space opens by partially unscrewing the hinge to store 20 and 50 franc coins, bills or letters (unfortunately empty). 5) A mirror (glass missing) is embedded in the lid, and can be used either on its easel or suspended from a movable ring. Very good condition, some accessories missing or replaced. With its cloverleaf key. First Empire period, before 1809. 1st cock hallmark for Paris, 1798-1809. By Martin-Guillaume BIENNAIS (1764-1843), Au Singe Violet, Paris. Signature on the tranc

Estim. 40,000 - 60,000 EUR

Marie Eléonore GODEFROID (1778-1849), attribué à. - Portrait of Marie-Joséphine Louise de Savoie (1753-1810) as Queen of France. Oil on canvas, unsigned (lining). N°463 on the back of the stretcher. In a wood and gilded stucco frame. H. 97 x L. 81 cm. Exhibition CMN, L'anti Marie-Antoinette, Marie-Joséphine Louise de Savoie. Chapelle expiatoire, Paris, September 5 - October 26, 2019 (on display). Provenance - Osenat sale, June 10, 2012, lot 129. - Private collection, Paris. History This royal and historic portrait is the only known oil-on-canvas depiction of the Comtesse de Provence in the 19th century. Probably posthumous, painted between 1810 and 1814, just before the accession of her husband, the future King Louis XVIII, to the throne, it was long considered lost. The Queen of France is seated in an armchair upholstered in gold fleurdelisé fabric on a royal blue background. Dressed in a white gown and adorned with pearls, she wears a diadem and a bodice clasp adorned with a fleur-de-lys on a blue background. Although Marie-Joséphine Louise de Savoie is not listed among the queens of France, as she died in 1810, four years before her husband's accession to the throne, Louis XVIII wrote in his memoirs, published in Brussels in 1833 by Louis Hauman: "This year of 1810 was to be unfavorable to me, ending with the death of my wife the queen, who died at Goldfield Hall on November 13, 1810. This excellent princess, to whom our misfortunes had doubly attached me, had borne them with uncommon magnanimity: quiet, when vulgar friends gave in to their despair, she never did one of those acts of weakness which lower the dignity of a prince. Nor did she ever give me any domestic trouble, and she was as queenly in exile as she would have been on the throne. Her gentle cheerfulness suited me; her courage, which nothing could dampen, tempered mine; in a word, I can say of the queen my wife what my grandfather Louis XIV said of his when he lost her: "Her death is the first sorrow she has given me. The queen, aged fifty-seven, had not only all my regrets, but also those of my relatives and our servants. The royal family lavished upon me a host of delicate and sustained attentions. They wanted Her Majesty's remains to be buried in London with all the honours accorded to the queens of France in the fullness of their power. It is in Westminster that these dear remains rest; may the earth be light to them! I am convinced that the soul who dwelt there now dwells in the heavenly regions, where she prays with the blessed members of our family, for her husband and for France". In 1811, her body was transferred to the Chapel of Saint Lucifer in the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Cagliari (Sardinia), where it remains to this day. Literature - Charles Dupêchez, La reine velue, Paris, Grasset, 1993. - Vicomte de Reiset, Joséphine de Savoie, Comtesse de Provence, Paris, Emile-Paul Frères, 1913.

Estim. 6,000 - 8,000 EUR

MORCEAU DU DERNIER CORDON DU SAINT-ESPRIT DE LOUIS XVI - Fragment of a large cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit, in celestial blue moiré silk, preserved in folded paper inscribed in ink: "Morceau du dernier cordon bleu porté par Louis XVI", "et donné au père de Mlle de Scoraille par le valet de chambre du Roi Hue". L. 2.5 cm (fragment). Provenance - Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre (1754-1793). - His valet de chambre, François Hüe (1757-1819). - Given to Jean François dit Frédéric de Scorailles (1792-1834), brigadier des gendarmes de la Garde royale in 1814. - To his daughter Jeanne-Reine dite Amélie de Scorrailles-Chanterelle (1815-1894), marquise de Scorrailles-Langhac. - Then by descent. History François Hüe (1757-1819), bailiff to Louis XVI, followed the royal family to the Temple. Assistant to Jean-Baptiste Cléry for Louis XVI, he was arrested on September 2, 1792 and dismissed. He accompanied Marie-Thérèse of France to Vienna in 1795. Louis XVIII created him a baron in 1814. He had appointed him First Chamber Valet and Treasurer General of his Household. In 1806, François Hüe published his Mémoires sur Les dernières années de règne et de la vie de Louis XVI. In an 1860 dictionary, he wrote: "Hüe François, valet de chambre to the Dauphin (son of Louis XVI), was imprisoned in the Temple with the royal family, and showed them heroic devotion. He survived his masters, and was able to leave France; he returned during the Restoration, and became first valet to Louis XVIII. His work includes Dernières années de Louis XVI, Paris, 1814.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR