QUEILLE for BIENNAIS. - Lot 293

QUEILLE for BIENNAIS. Panade spoon with vermeil (gold on silver) handle, "Joséphine" model. Stem and spatula richly decorated on an amati background. Spoon attachment decorated with vine branches and pine cones. Front of spatula decorated with a standing putti holding a garland of flowers. Back of spatula with cornucopia and swan with spread wings supporting a virgin medallion under a laurel wreath. Minerve hallmark, 1st title. Master goldsmith's mark: Pierre QUEILLE, received in 1847. Total length: 16.8 cm. Handle length: 9.6 cm. Silver weight: 15 grams. Total weight: 21 grams. In its original case from "QUEILLE, 11 rue des Petits Carreaux, Paris" (used condition). Case dimensions: H: 3.6 cm; W: 19.5 cm. D: 5.4 cm. The "Josephine" model was made by Guillaume Martin BIENNAIS, goldsmith to Napoleon I, from designs by Charles PERCIER. The dies were passed on in time to the goldsmiths QUEILLE, then HENIN and finally SOUCHE & LAPPARRA.