A FRENCH SILVER-GILT NECESSAIRE DE VOYAGE** MOST MARK OF DENIS-FRANÇOIS FRANCKSON, PARIS, 1809-1819 Comprising: An oval basin Two plates A teapot A covered sugar bowl A cream jug Two cylindrical cannisters, in sizes A hot water pot with stand and burner A tea caddy, Quentin Baschelet Two coffee cups and saucers, the cups Quentin Baschelet One beaker, Louis-Joseph Thomas A rectangular box, a pin tray, a pierced hinged cover, a cut glass box with cover, Pierre-Nöel Blaquière A baluster form ewer, maker's mark worn Eleven cut-glass bottles, with silver gilt stoppers A pair of candle snuffers, Paul-Renée Brunet A small cannister Two candlesticks, in two sizes Two dessert spoons, two forks and two teaspoons, mark of CB over D Two cheese knives, mark of V. Cardeilhac Two dessert knives with steel blades Twenty-three toilet articles in metal, silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl, some with gold mounts A rectangular two-handled tray, Quentin Baschelet A rectangular mirror frame, lacking maker's mark in a fitted amboyna wood case with brass mounts, the cover with brass plaque MCB , the case inscribed Fait par Maire Fabt. de Nécessaires du Roi et de la Famille Royale, Rue St. honoré No. 154 à Paris The case 20 in. (51 cm.) long; 292 oz. 10 dwt. (9147 gr.) weighable silver The initials MCB on the engraved plaque of this nécessaire de voyage are possibly for Marie-Julie Clary Bonaparte (1771-1845). Marie-Julie married Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, Joseph, in 1794. She was the Queen of Naples (1806-1808) and later the Queen of Spain (1808-1813).
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT NECESSAIRE DE VOYAGE** MOST MARK OF DENIS-FRANÇOIS FRANCKSON, PARIS, 1809-1819 Comprising: An oval basin Two plates A teapot A covered sugar bowl A cream jug Two cylindrical cannisters, in sizes A hot water pot with stand and burner A tea caddy, Quentin Baschelet Two coffee cups and saucers, the cups Quentin Baschelet One beaker, Louis-Joseph Thomas A rectangular box, a pin tray, a pierced hinged cover, a cut glass box with cover, Pierre-Nöel Blaquière A baluster form ewer, maker's mark worn Eleven cut-glass bottles, with silver gilt stoppers A pair of candle snuffers, Paul-Renée Brunet A small cannister Two candlesticks, in two sizes Two dessert spoons, two forks and two teaspoons, mark of CB over D Two cheese knives, mark of V. Cardeilhac Two dessert knives with steel blades Twenty-three toilet articles in metal, silver-gilt and mother-of-pearl, some with gold mounts A rectangular two-handled tray, Quentin Baschelet A rectangular mirror frame, lacking maker's mark in a fitted amboyna wood case with brass mounts, the cover with brass plaque MCB , the case inscribed Fait par Maire Fabt. de Nécessaires du Roi et de la Famille Royale, Rue St. honoré No. 154 à Paris The case 20 in. (51 cm.) long; 292 oz. 10 dwt. (9147 gr.) weighable silver The initials MCB on the engraved plaque of this nécessaire de voyage are possibly for Marie-Julie Clary Bonaparte (1771-1845). Marie-Julie married Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, Joseph, in 1794. She was the Queen of Naples (1806-1808) and later the Queen of Spain (1808-1813).
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