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AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY KITCHEN COPPERWARE, including circular preserve pan, mixing bowls, saucepans, kettle and measures etc.

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AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY KITCHEN COPPERWARE, including circular preserve pan, mixing bowls, saucepans, kettle and measures etc.

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Estim. 25 000 - 30 000 EUR

Six plates from a single suite in painted polychrome enamel with gold highlights, enamel on silver flakes and translucent enamel depicting scenes from the legend of Saint Martial de Limoges, one dated 1544. Salmon-colored counter-enamels, one bearing the Pénicaud hallmark on the reverse. - Saint Martial as a child witnesses the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves. - Saint Martial as a child is blessed by Christ. - Saint Martial resurrects Austriclinien. - God appears to Saint Martial and his companions in Limoges. Crowned PL mark on counter-enamel. - Saint Martial preaching. Dated 1544. - God appears to Saint Martial to announce his imminent death. Limoges, Jean II Pénicaud, mid-sixteenth century, dated 1544. H. 15 cm - L. between 20.5 cm and 21 cm (a few accidents and missing pieces, alterations to some enamels) Saint Martial, the first bishop of Limoges, was, according to Gregory of Tours, one of the seven Missionaries sent from Rome to evangelize Gaul. These plaques, illustrating the life of Limousin's patron saint, are part of an important series, estimated to number eighteen. This framed set was still preserved in 1765 in a chapel of the Abbey of Saint-Martial in Limoges, according to a contemporary account. It was subsequently dispersed, but the exact circumstances are unknown. Only three of these plates have so far been located, one belonging to the collections of the British Museum in London (inv. 1913,1220.15, fig.a) and two others sold in 2014 in Paris, pre-empted by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges (inv. 2014.8.1 and 2, fig.b and c). They represent, respectively, the Baptism of Saint Martial, Saint Valérie bringing her head to Saint Martial and the death of the Limoges saint. Of particular interest is the British plaque, probably placed at the beginning of the altarpiece and bearing the enameller's signature IOHA / NNES / MF / PENI / CAUD / IUS / IV, which identifies Jean II Pénicaud as the author of this important commission. It is noteworthy that the last of the six plates offered for sale, the one in which God appears to announce the saint's imminent death, uses the same background as the two plates now in the Musée de Limoges, which came from the collection of Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911). Several plates in the series, the two in the Musée de Limoges and the one from the Bardinet collection, where God appears against the background of the Limousin capital, bear the Pénicaud family hallmark, the crowned PL, which attests to the family's dual activity as goldsmiths and enamel painters. The six Bardinet plates were not completely unknown to art historians, however, as they had already been described in 1855, when they belonged to the Limoges collector, by the Monuments Historiques curator Maurice Ardant. In his book Emailleurs et Emaillerie de Limoges, he mentions a series of plaques depicting the Life of Saint Martial, produced in 1544. He describes the subjects and specifies their provenance: "These paintings, dated 1544, decorated the chapel dedicated to this saint in the ancient and vast church that bore his name". Following the acquisition by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges of the two Baron Gustave de Rothschild plates at the 2014 Christie's sale, curator Véronique Notin has published a remarkable article taking stock of this altarpiece illustrating the legend of Limoges' patron saint, reputed to have come from the Abbey of Saint-Martial. She publishes a summary table listing 16 plates, numbered from 1 to 16, with details of their location, provenance and presence in an exhibition. Illustrated by an old plate deposited at the museum (fig. d), taken at the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century, those in the Bardinet collection (nos. 4 to 9) are mentioned but not located. This is a genuine rediscovery. Unlike the two Rothschild plates, they have not been restored from chemical alterations, notably to the enamels on certain mantles, a condition that was already evident in the mid-19th century. Nevertheless, they bear witness to the quality of the artist Jean II Pénicaud, whether in the treatment of heads and hands, the brilliance of greens and blues, or the richness of his backgrounds, particularly in the view he gives of the city of Limoges, in which we recognize the Abbey of Saint-Martial (fig.e). It will now be possible to respond to Véronique Notin, former curator of the Musée de Limoges, who ended her article by mentioning the possibility of obtaining information on "architectural details of ancient monuments or monuments of ancient inspiration in Limoges, e

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Documents : A large collection of several hundred documents, mainly manuscripts but also prints, from the Renaissance to the 20th century, on a variety of subjects. Arranged in 7 binders, they include : - 17th- and 18th-century letters, including autographs (Versailles) - numerous autographed letters from 19th-century personalities and anonymous individuals, including an interesting letter from July 1830 at the height of the French Revolution - various 16th/17th/18th century deeds (including an astonishing Renaissance manuscript featuring an "arobase", a symbol then used as an abbreviation) - historical and literary manuscripts, including a period copy of Thomas Corneille and a copy of the Doge of Genoa's harangue to King Louis XIV - numerous revolutionary reports and decrees - various administrative documents - printed matter, Ancien Régime and Empire newspapers and propaganda leaflets for Louis Napoleon Bonaparte - engravings, including a souvenir of the Statue of Liberty 1883 - 19th-century drawings - 19th- and 20th-century documentation A large collection of old 19th-century newspapers and posters. An interesting set to study for lovers of old papers and manuscripts. 7 binders Expert : David CHELLI - 06 60 05 83 04 / [email protected]

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