BOIN-TABURET in Paris - Lot 79

Lot n° 79
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BOIN-TABURET in Paris - Lot 79
BOIN-TABURET in Paris Exceptional silver tableware, made for Prince Joachim Napoléon MURAT (1856-1932). At the top, a large covered terrine with two drop handles, the body contoured with a frieze of gadroons, and two cartouches with the engraved inscriptions "MEDIUM 1890" and "LA COUPE 1893" on either side, against a background of partially amatized floral latticework in reserves; the lid with a doucine; the whole is supported at the corners by four feminine terms holding four arms of light, with paired sabot feet resting on a platform with a frieze of doucine acanthus leaves in which the underside of the terrine is reflected. The lower part features a large "parterre" terrace, engraved with rosettes, foliage and shells, framed by an inverted quarter-round border with curves and counter-curves. Marks: Minerve 1st title (950‰), M.O. mark completed by the inscription in full letters "Boin-Taburet à Paris" on a terrace border, on the other side a ceremonial inscription "BOIN-TABURET PARIS". Louis XIV style, 19th century H. 39 cm - W. 66 cm - D. 47 cm Gross weight: approx. 15 kg In its two-handled wooden transport box lined with red velvet (interior to be restored), bearing a label "N° 83 Prince Murat Paris". H. 45 cm - W. 70 cm - D. 60 cm Provenance - Collection Vincent DELPUECH (1888-1966), Senator of Bouches du Rhône, uncle of painter Vincent ROUX (1928-1991), then by inheritance - Public sale, Murat estate, Hôtel Drouot, 1961 (May 17?) References - Revue "Plaisirs de France", 1961: mention is made of the sale of the Murat estate, and of "un grand surtout de table en argent composé de trois éléments flanqués de candélabres, travail de Boin-Taburet", total weight 73.400 kg; our surtout would seem to correspond to one of these three pieces. - Public auction, "L'étude de Provence" auction house, December 2, 2018: sale of a table surtout from the same house and provenance, almost identical in form, weight and decoration (except for the inscriptions, which differ). These elements suggest that our surtout is part of one of the two end-of-table elements in this set commissioned by Prince Murat, whose central element has not reappeared to date. Provenance: Vincent Roux Collection
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