细节
A RARE LOUIS XVI CHOCOLATE-POT FROM THE ORLOFF SERVICE
by Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, Paris, circa 1780, with St. Petersburg import marks for 1784, assaymaster Nicojor, the later cover only struck with import mark for France after 1893
Of tapering cylindrical form, with detachable ebonised wood side handle,the socket with reed-and-tie and water-leaf rims, the plain body engraved with the Russian Imperial Arms, the slightly domed cover similarly engraved and with fruit finial and reed-and-tie border, both pieces engraved with inventory number 4 - 23.5 cm high
(1,164 gr)
by Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, Paris, circa 1780, with St. Petersburg import marks for 1784, assaymaster Nicojor, the later cover only struck with import mark for France after 1893
Of tapering cylindrical form, with detachable ebonised wood side handle,the socket with reed-and-tie and water-leaf rims, the plain body engraved with the Russian Imperial Arms, the slightly domed cover similarly engraved and with fruit finial and reed-and-tie border, both pieces engraved with inventory number 4 - 23.5 cm high
(1,164 gr)
来源
This chocolate-pot was part of the magnificent service ordered by Catherine the Great for her lover Count Gregorii Orlov (1734-1783). The Empress wrote to the sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet the 13 th February 1770: "I heard that you have a project for a silver table service... I would be delighted to see it as it is in my intention to order one similar for sixty persons". This service was ordered to the best Parisian goldsmiths including Jacques Roettiers and his son Jacques-Nicolas. It was an expansive set. According to Henri Nocq, it comprised: "88 dishes, 650 plates, 103 covered dishes, 16 wine-coolers, 10 candelabra, 48 torchs, 22 soup-tureens, 6 teapots, 7 chocolate-pots..." Three years were necessary to achieve it. In September 1772, it was clear that Empress was going to offer it to Count Orlov. In the meantime, the Prince Orlov recently promoted had to leave Russia. After his death in 1783, Empress Catherine asked to the testamentary executors to return the service to her, but on the basis of the control marks of Saint-Petersburg, it seemed that the service was included in a public sale. She re-bought a large part of it which remained in the Imperial collections until the 1917 revolution. In the twenties and in 1930-1931, the Soviet government sold some of these pieces.
This chocolate-pot subsequently was in the Jacques Helft Collection.
This chocolate-pot subsequently was in the Jacques Helft Collection.