Marc Jacquart orfèvre, Paris Empire period, vermeil drageoir - Lot 66

Marc Jacquart orfèvre, Paris Empire period, vermeil drageoir and display stand, with chased fleuron and pearl frieze decoration for the lid and saucer, the body decorated with palmettes, flowers and Egyptian masks in appliqué, the center engraved EC, carried by an openwork frieze, the lid grip in the form of a butterfly with spread islands, 630 g. Saucer diameter 17.6 cm, height approx. 10 cm. Marks: 1er coq Paris 1798 - 1809 Average guarantee Paris Goldsmith letters MJ Thyrse in the center. Saucer on the bottom. A drageoir of the same model is in the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris under number inv 45813 A B, from the Jean-Pierre Hugot bequest. "L'Almanach des adresses de tous les commerçants de Paris pour l'année 1820describes the workshop: "Marc Jacquart, joailler - bijoutier, manufacture d'orfèvrerie en tous genres. This establishment has long been known for its choice of models, elegance, purity of form and fine craftsmanship, and offers the trade the advantage of having all kinds of orders made in the shortest possible time". His workshop, first located at 1 rue du Petit-Pont, then at 123 rue Saint-Honoré in the Hôtel d'Aligre from 1806, was modest in size: twelve workers, compared with sixty in the Auguste and Biennais houses in 1807. As a result, his work is less well known, but a few museums have preserved some very important pieces, such as a tea service at the Metropolitan in New York, or a tea fountain in the collections of the Queen of England." Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris website -legs Jean-Pierre Hugot