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JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (1741-1828)

ACCORDING TO

Important biscuit bust of Emperor Napoleon I

in uniform of the Foot Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard

According to the marble bust preserved at the Château de

Versailles (MV1518), debossed on the back “Bust

official / Napoleon Emperor / 1805” surmounted by the

fake mark “M(anufactu)re Imp(éria)le de Sèvres”

Resting on a porcelain pedestal with a beautiful base

blue, on a square gilded bronze base

Good general condition, a chip on the pedestal

Second half of the 19th century.

H. (total) 69 cm x L. 50 cm

2,000 / 3,000 €

421

SÈVRES

Circular broth cup with two handles

Greek hard porcelain with purple background

The richly gilded decor adorned with a frieze of

embossed beads, the upper border decorated

polychrome of objects in medallions

cameos, in an entourage of scrolls

Imperial Manufacture of Sèvres, 1813-1814

Brand with red sticker decorated with the eagle

crowned

12 x 20.5 x 15 cm

A crack, a broken and glued handle

1,500 / 2,000 €

430

FABERGE

Rectangular cigarette case with sides

rounded, in vermeil 88 zolotniks (916 thousandths)

covered with translucent white guilloché enamel

waves, crimped on the upper and lower borders

with a row of pearls, the gold setting 72

zolotniks (750 thousandths) chiseled with enameled leaves

green set with ruby cabochons, the button

gold pusher set with a ruby cabochon

Saint Petersburg, 1908-1917

Goldsmith: Henrik Wigström, for Carl Fabergé.

Engraved inventory number: 21377

London import mark (925) dated

1906

H. 8.8 cm. Gross weight: 142.10 g.

Enamel wear

6,000 / 8,000 €

Origin :

Former collection of Baron Max Fould-Springer (1906-1999)

from the estate of Baroness Cécile de Rothschild

(1913-1995).