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284 - Joseph-Antoine PONIATOWSKI (1763-1813), attributed to.
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Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
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Description
Joseph-Antoine PONIATOWSKI (1763-1813), attributed to. Martin-Guillaume BIENNAIS Large travel case Oval-shaped mahogany case, edged and decorated with an inlaid brass frieze and a central shield engraved with "J P". Surrounded and reinforced by a brass band, a mitre and inlaid moving fillets Large brass plate engraved with "Biennais M. Tabletier Ébéniste, au singe violet, rue Saint Honoré n° 511". With built-in cloverleaf key lock, 2 retractable brass handles around the perimeter, base decorated with moving decorated base Open, it has : a first mahogany tray containing 2 boot pulls, a button hook, a corkscrew and a chisel in chiselled steel. chisel. Around the rim is a curved silver bib (used to transform the bowl into a beard dish). Then two ebony cases, a small silver box, 4 diamond-cut glass bottles with engraved vermeil (one damaged), a silver cup with handle and interior tumbler, a silver coffee pot with removable handle with removable handle, in blackened wood, a second silver cup with handle and lid, containing inside a goblet, an eye-wash and a small funnel in gilt, a cylindrical box in two parts: the upper part serving as a inkwell with screw cap, and the lower part a silver dustpan, and finally an ebony coil case. ebony reel case. This tray is set in an oval silver bowl with a recessed rim. Underneath is a second tray containing: two pairs of cutlery (spoons and forks) and 2 coffee spoons decorated (different silversmiths: TNS), two razor holders (one with a razor not in the model, the other razor, the other missing), a gimlet with ivory handle, a wrought-iron lighter with chased cheeks, 2 silver saucers silver saucers. This second raised tray reveals at the bottom a third tray containing: a pocketknife with silver and steel an ebony razor sharpener in a red Moroccan case decorated with gold and small iron, an ear pick, a hook for hanging a mirror, a compass with three removable parts, a screwdriver with pin remover a silver tracer, a vermeil tongue scraper, a silver spatula, a vermeil toothbrush, a razor a silver spatula, a silver toothbrush, a razor (the second one is missing), two scaling instruments and an eyebrow tweezer. (The chisel and a penknife are missing). A last space, hidden under the lower tray and opening by pressure, is used to store gold coins. All in good condition, most of the silver coins stamped by the goldsmith "M.J.G Grivot Martin Joseph, jeweller "LETOUT" boulevard of the baths, insculpation 1805. Size of the box : -Length: 33 cm -Width : 21 cm -Height : 17 cm Title hallmarks: au Coq 1, 1798 - 1809 Guarantee marks: Paris 1798-1809 (Only the cutlery is by another unidentified silversmith 'TNS') Provenance: Poniatowski family -Poniatowski family History : Joseph Antoine PONIATOWSKI, Polish military prince and statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. and early 19th century. He had a long military career, notably fighting the Austrians during the 1809 campaign, he distinguished himself in 1809 in Russia at the head of the 5th Polish corps of the the Grand Army.
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
Auction location
Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
Lot description modified on 06/10/2026 at 9:51 AM
Pictures credits:
Michel Bury and Henri du Cray
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