A RESTAURATION NECESSAIRE DE VOYAGE

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A RESTAURATION NECESSAIRE DE VOYAGE
by Pierre-Noël Blaquière (Arminjon, 3047) and other makers,
Paris, 1819-1835, some pieces, Saint-Petersburg, 1868

Comprising oval basin by F.A. Boulanger, two boxes and a chocolate-pot by Pierre-Noël Blaquière, a box and a chamberstick, Saint-Petersburg, 1868, a rectangular cut-glass and silver box by P. Taratte, six cut-glass and silver flagons, various boxes, a mirror with water-leaf rim and three tortoise-shell combs on the reverse, a plated box, a knife with mother-of-pearl handle and different instruments, each piece in fitted wooden room, the whole set in mahogany fitted case signed Aucoc, Bté du Roi, rue Saint-Honoré, n. 154 à Paris inset with gilt copper ornament, the hinged cover engraved with monogram PMG beneath crown.
Case 37.5 x 27.5 cm, 14 cm high (39)

拍品专文

The crowned monogram is probably that of Prince Mikhael Galitzine.
Aucoc was famous for his necessaires; a fine example made for the Queen Marie-Amélie of France circa 1830 is illustrated in L'Orfèvrerie du XIXème siècle en Europe, Serge Grandjean,
pl. XXII.