Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug, Martin Guillaume Biennais, c. 1817 Empire sugar box made of gilded silver. The box is chalice -shaped with a slightly arched lid. On the pedestal is a wreath of spoon holders in which 3 winged sphinxes that support the baluster -shaped trunk. With crowned imperial monogram. Paris silver (metal). gilding (material). ebony (wood) gilding Empire sugar box made of gilded silver. The box is chalice -shaped with a slightly arched lid. On the pedestal is a wreath of spoon holders in which 3 winged sphinxes that support the baluste
Tea tray, cake stands, jam dish, sugar bowls, coffee pot and milk jug, Martin Guillaume Biennais, c. 1817 Empire sugar box made of gilded silver. The box is chalice -shaped with a slightly arched lid. On the pedestal is a wreath of spoon holders in which 3 winged sphinxes that support the baluster -shaped trunk. With crowned imperial monogram. Paris silver (metal). gilding (material). ebony (wood) gilding Empire sugar box made of gilded silver. The box is chalice -shaped with a slightly arched lid. On the pedestal is a wreath of spoon holders in which 3 winged sphinxes that support the baluster -shaped trunk. With crowned imperial monogram. Paris silver (metal). gilding (material). ebony (wood) gilding
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