DOUBLE TAILLED CRYSTAL DECANTER WITH IMPERIAL EAGLE STAND, EMPIRE PERIOD

Lot 200

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an exquisite double decanter embodies the aesthetics of the Empire style. Comprising two massive crystal bottles with faceted stoppers set in a luxurious metal stand decorated with an imperial eagle with outstretched wings holding a laurel wreath, garlands and ribbons. These objects adorned the private flats of high-ranking officers and dignitaries and may have belonged to persons close to the emperor, or even to the emperor himself. crystal, metal 28 х 17.7 х 5.8 cm PROVENANCE: possibly Antoine François Fourcroy ( 1755 -1809), French physician and chemist, collaborator of Antoine Lavoisier and apostle and historian of the Chemical Revolution. A politician, he was appointed by Napoleon Bonaparte to the Conseil d'Etat in 1799 and to the Direction Générale de l'Instruction Publique in 1802. Family of a relative of Antoine François Fourcroy: according to family tradition, Napoleon himself gave this object to Fourcroy during the Egyptian campaign. Private collection

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