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A 19th century French Imperial silver-gilt cased campaign set by Christofle, retailed by Maison Cardeilhac (6)
9 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£7,000 - £9,000
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A 19th century French Imperial silver-gilt cased campaign set
by Christofle, retailed by Maison Cardeilhac
Comprising: a pan, with unmarked liner and ebonised ivory capped handle, length 25.5 cm, an ecuelle, the detachable cover with engraved anthemion leaf border and applied finial with trophies of love, doves and arrows, length handle to handle 20cm, a mug, cylindrical form with panelled sides and engraved stylised border, angular wood handle, height 7cm, and a table fork and spoon, by Emile Puiforcat, each engraved with Imperial Coat of Arms for Bonaparte and contained within a velvet lined leather case embossed with foliate borders, each corner embellished with laurel fronds surrounding a bee, the centre embossed with the Imperial Coat of Arms, weight total 36.5oz. (6)
Comprising: a pan, with unmarked liner and ebonised ivory capped handle, length 25.5 cm, an ecuelle, the detachable cover with engraved anthemion leaf border and applied finial with trophies of love, doves and arrows, length handle to handle 20cm, a mug, cylindrical form with panelled sides and engraved stylised border, angular wood handle, height 7cm, and a table fork and spoon, by Emile Puiforcat, each engraved with Imperial Coat of Arms for Bonaparte and contained within a velvet lined leather case embossed with foliate borders, each corner embellished with laurel fronds surrounding a bee, the centre embossed with the Imperial Coat of Arms, weight total 36.5oz. (6)
Footnotes
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first President of the French Second Republic and, as Napoleon III, the Emperor of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. He was the first President of France to be elected by a direct popular vote. However, when he was blocked by the Constitution and Parliament from running for a second term, he organized a coup d'état in 1851, and took the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation.
He is best known today for his grand reconstruction of Paris carried out by his prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann. Under his reign, France saw a modernised banking system, a greatly expanded railway system and a huge growth in its merchant marine (making it the second largest in the world). Modern agriculture was also established which meant the end of famine in France and made the country an agricultural exporter. Social reforms passed during this period included giving workers the right to strike and increased education for women.
However, by 1866, Napoleon III had to face the mounting power of Prussia, with Chancellor Otto von Bismarck seeking German unification under Prussian leadership. In July 1870, France entered the Franco-Prussian War without allies and with inferior military forces. The French army was rapidly defeated and Napoleon III was captured at the Battle of Sedan. The French Third Republic was proclaimed in Paris, and Napoleon went into exile in England, where he died in 1873.