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A FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT DISH-COVER FROM THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL PAVLOVICH SERVICE
Lot 81

A FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT DISH-COVER FROM THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL PAVLOVICH SERVICE

MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES CAHIER, PARIS, 1819-1838

Closed16 July 2010

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GBP 3,500

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A FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT DISH-COVER FROM THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL PAVLOVICH SERVICE
MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES CAHIER, PARIS, 1819-1838
Plain oval and with drop-ring handle, pierced with stars, engraved on each side with cyrillic monogram below a crown, marked near base, engraved with an inventory number 'No 1' inside
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) wide
25 oz. (783 gr.)
The monogram and crown are those of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich (1798-1849), the youngest son of the Russian Tsar Paul I and his wife Maria Feodoronova. He was the brother of both Tsar Alexander I (1801-1825) and Tsar Nicholas I (1826-1855).

Supplied to Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich (1798-1849) son of Tsar Paul I (r.1798-1801) and brother of Tsar Alexander I (r.1801-1825) and Tsar Nicholas I (r.1825-1855)
Probably Alexander Lyudvigovich, 2nd Baron Stieglitz (d.1884), St. Petersburg
Nationalised by the Soviet Government, circa 1917