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Champagne bucket Embossed gilt silver 800 thousandths.
See original version (French)
356
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Champagne bucket Embossed gilt silver 800 thousandths.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Champagne bucket
Embossed gilt silver 800 thousandths.
The profiles of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in two medallions joined by a garland. Handles with lion protomé.
Apocryphal hallmarks imitating those used in Paris under Julien Alaterre (1768-1774).
Height 22.4 Width 19 cm.
Weight: 1.245 g.
Provenance: estate of a former antique dealer, Orléans.
Silver-gilt champagne bucket with profile of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, featuring apocryphal hallmarks of the Ancien Régime (political system in France up to the late 18th century).
Although legend has it that the shape of the champagne glass was moulded on Queen Marie-Antoinette's breast, this Champagne bucket is a 19th-century creation. It illustrates the "Marie-Antoinette-Imperatrice" style, which was encouraged by Eugenie's passion for the figure of the Queen and the rehabilitation of her personality in the eyes of the public at the same time as the development of the great Champagne houses.
See original version (French)
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Lot description modified on 05/19/2026 at 12:19 PM
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