TABLE SERVICE OF BARON GOURGAUD. JVM, PARIS, 1819-1838. - Lot 178

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TABLE SERVICE OF BARON GOURGAUD. JVM, PARIS, 1819-1838. - Lot 178
TABLE SERVICE OF BARON GOURGAUD. JVM, PARIS, 1819-1838. Set of 12 slightly hollow silver plates, engraved in the center with the coat of arms under crown of Baron Gaspard Gourgaud (1783-1852), bordered by a finely carved palmettes frieze. Slight wear of time. Hallmark title : Premier titre au vieillard, Paris, 1819-1838. Goldsmith's hallmark: JVM, unidentified, but referenced. H. : 2,5 cm - Diam. : 24,5 cm. Total weight : 5 kg 300 g. History: Gaspard Gourgaud (1783-1852) is a French general and politician. Artillery officer, he became the first aide-de-camp, then one of the main memorialists of Napoleon I, to whom he saved the life twice. He accompanied the Emperor in exile to Saint Helena, but left the island in 1818. Through his marriage to Françoise Marthe Roederer (1783-1823), he became a director of the family company of the Manufactures de glaces et verres de Saint-Quirin, Cirey et Monthermé.
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