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Plate with metallic highlights from the Clavellinas series. Manises, 18th century. Hand-painted lustre-painted ceramic. It has some chipping. Measurements: 7 cm (height) x 29 cm (diameter). The Manises earthenware with the carnation decoration, which developed throughout the 18th century, is part of the Pardalot series which was still produced in the first third of the 18th century. In all of them, carnation flowers fill most of the surface of bowls and dishes. Their taste for small floral decoration is considered to be an Alcora influence, although Manises reinterprets it in a particular way. Lustre-painted ceramics would be the great art of the Nasrid period, although it was born in Almohad-era Spain between the second half of the 12th and the first half of the 13th century. In later times, it would develop particularly in Manises, where the Hispano-Muslim tradition would continue in both technical and decorative terms. This is glazed pottery, i.e. with a white glaze, very pure in the best examples, which is fired in the kiln. The cooled glaze is then decorated with a pigment composed of five basic ingredients: copper, silver, sulphur, almazarron (iron oxide) and vinegar. The final tone will depend on the proportion of these components, the more silver the more golden it is, and the more reddish it is if the copper predominates. Finally, the piece is fired for a second time at 650ºC in a reducing atmosphere to fix the decoration. Once the piece has been fired, the decoration is black in colour, so it has to be burnished to obtain the final shiny metallic gold tone.

Starting price  500 EUR

Tue 11 Jun

Martin-Guillaume BIENNAIS. 1764-1843. Tabletier, orfèvre de l'Empereur - RARE SILVER PLATE BY BIENNAIS FROM THE CAMPAIGN SERVICE OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON I. Plate "à couteau de voyage" in 1er titre silver (950 thousandths), with plain rim, the rim engraved with the arms of Emperor Napoleon I. Very good condition. Paris, 1798-1809. Title mark with 1st cock, guarantee mark with Vieillard's head. Goldsmith's hallmark of Martin-Guillaume BIENNAIS (1764-1843), with 'BIENNAIS' bar. Numbered '50'. D. 21 cm. Weight: 266.0 g. Provenance Campaign service of Emperor Napoleon I. History In 1804, Napoleon commissioned Martin-Guillaume Biennais to produce the extensive "Service de Campagne", which he carried with him on his travels in his six-horse Berline. This travel silverware was designed to withstand the incessant travel. Two types of plates bearing the Emperor's coat of arms were used: the first, simple and elegant, with a plain rim, and the second, more elaborate, bordered with palmettes, known as "à bord fort" to withstand campaign travel. The service was delivered in several batches between 1804 and 1815; an inventory of the Court's silverware drawn up in 1812 mentions, among other items, "594 travel knife plates", i.e. small flat plates such as ours. All the pieces received an inventory number engraved by Biennais in September 1812, so the present plate, number 50, was made before 1812, as confirmed by the first cock hallmark. As an example, we know that 100 strong rim plates were delivered by Biennais in 1810, 200 knife plates in December 1811, and 113 knife plates before the Russian campaign in 1812. An inventory by Louis XVIII's Intendant des Dépenses, Forestier, shows that the losses of "silverware that fell to the Allies in June 1815" were enormous, including "206 travel knife plates". Our plate was not one of these, and is therefore a rare example of the Emperor's campaign service that escaped the Second Empire's castings. Related works A plate numbered 277, Osenat sale, May 5, 2021, lot 80 (sold for €15,625). An unnumbered plate from the Berline booty, Osenat sale, November 19, 2023, lot 63 (sold for €48,944). A plate numbered 359, Lempertz sale, November 19, 2021, lot 510. Two plates numbered 471 and 483, Koller sale, September 30, 2021, lot 1476. Six plates numbered 221-258-291-292-294-345, Osenat sale, April 2, 2023, lots 210, 211 and 212. One plate is in the Château de Fontainebleau, Musée Napoléon Ier, inv. 70 (since 1979). Literature Anne Dion-Tenenbaum, II. Les autres éléments du butin: les chefs d'œuvre de l'orfèvre Biennais. In exhibition catalog, La berline de Napoléon, le mystère du butin de Waterloo. Musée de la Légion d'Honneur, March 7 to July 8, 2012. Exhibition catalog, La berline de Napoléon, le mystère du butin de Waterloo. Musée de la Légion d'Honneur, March 7 to July 8, 2012, article by Anne Dion, pp. 258-272. Max Terrier, Le landau de Napoléon et son histoire, in Revue du Louvre, 1975, n° 2.

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