Auction Historical Memories - Paris

Bid on the lot list Millon : 26 May 2023 - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

Historical Memories

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Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

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Lot n° 1

Plan de la ville de Paris,

facing east, titled "Icy est le vray pourtraict naturel de la ville, cité, université de Parisy". Colored engraving, 20th century, after a 16th century original. Signed lower right "Rossingol execut 1576" and left "À Paris chez Melchior, quai du port...

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Lot n° 2

Henri IV, roi de France et de Navarre (1553-1610).

Oval medallion in gilt bronze, representing him in relief in profile left, wearing a helmet with feathers, with ring to hang. On the reverse side a signature in hollow 'Marotte'. 18th century. H. 8,5 x L. 6,5 cm.

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Lot n° 3

Charles Michel GUILBERT D’ANELLE (Paris, 1820-Pau, 1883)

King François I and the boar of the castle of Amboise (1852). Ink wash over graphite and white gouache on paper, signed and dated lower left "Ch. Guilbert 1852". Stamp of the collection of the naundorffist Victor Deséglise (1839-1916) at the bottom right. H....

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Lot n° 4

École française d’époque Restauration.

Hugues de Romance, lord of Mesmont, squire in the stable of King Henri IV in 1592. Pen drawing on paper. Captioned in ink at the bottom. Insolation. Framed. On the back a handwritten paper of the period: "This drawing made with a pen was taken from...

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Lot n° 5

École française du XIXe siècle.

Portrait of François I of Lorraine, 2nd Duke of Guise and first Prince of Joinville (1519-1563). Lead pencil heightened with ink on paper, representing him in foot with his sword. In a gilded frame. H. 18.5 x W. 12.5 cm. History François I of Lorraine,...

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Lot n° 6

École française du XIXe siècle d’après Pierre Paul RUBENS (1577-1640).

King Henri IV (1553-1610) and his first minister Maximilien de Béthune, Sully Pair of gouaches on paper on engraved lines, with oval view, representing them in profile bust. Framed (one glass missing and small accidents). H. 27 x W. 22 cm.

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Lot n° 7

Louis XIV - Médaille de la réception des Ambassadeurs du Siam

Table medal in patinated bronze, showing on the obverse the laurelled and cuirassed profile of the Sun King, surrounded by the legend 'LVDOVICVS. MAGNVS.REX. CHRISTIANISS', signed with an 'R' under the shoulder, on the reverse the Siamese ambassadors...

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Lot n° 8

Louis XIV, roi de France.

Copper medal with the right profile of the young king "Ludovicus XIIII Rex Christianissimvs" on the obverse, signed "Molart F.", on the reverse an allegory of the victorious France during the Franco-Spanish war, captioned in Latin "Legionvm Hispan. Reliquiae...

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Lot n° 9

Louis II de Bourbon-Condé dit le Grand Condé (1621-1686)

Lot of 3 engravings representing the Prince de Condé, prince of the Blood and cousin of Louis XIV, one on horseback anonymous, one in medallion and the last one in an oval medallion by Larmessin, published by the Widow Bertrand in Paris. Good general...

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Lot n° 10

L.S. “Louis” par le secrétaire du roi Louis XV,

partly printed. Elevation to the dignity of Knight of the Order of Saint Louis for Ignace Bermond d'Espondeilhan, captain, addressed to Mr. N. Rison, lieutenant at Verdun, made at Versailles on January 3, 1762, with the signature of the Duke of Choiseul....

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Lot n° 11

L.S. “Louis” par le secrétaire du roi Louis XIV.

Mons(ieu)r le Vayer, I send you an extract "des routtes que j'ay faict expédier à plusieurs prisonniers de guerre espagnols (...)", addressed to Mr. Le Vayer, lieutenant at Verdun, made at Versailles on June ? 1694. Bends and stains, framed. H. 37 x W....

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Lot n° 12

RARE PAIRE DE BRODERIES SUR SOIE D’ÉPOQUE LOUIS XIV D’APRÈS DES MODÈLES DE JEAN BÉRAIN (1640-1711)

Representing ballet dancers for Lully, in a setting of architectural stage with columns with paving and curtains: one holding castanets, probably a nymph for "Le Triomphe de l'Amour", the other a scepter and a whip. Embroidery on silk, lampas, pearls...

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Lot n° 13

Plaque ovale de régisseur ou fermier du Roi,

with the arms of France inscribed "FERMES DU ROY", in stamped brass. Good condition, slight stains. Louis XVIII period. H. 8,5 x W. 7 cm.

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Lot n° 14

Princesse Louise-Marie de France (1737-1787), fille du roi Louis XV.

Vitae melioris in usum ("Towards a better life"). Pencil, ink wash and gilt enhancement on vellum, captioned in Latin at the bottom "Vitae melioris in usum" and annotated "made by Mdme Louise de France". In its wooden frame. 18th century. H. 9 x W. 7...

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Lot n° 15

Rare étui à couteaux en bois gainé de maroquin rouge,

of tubular form resting on a round base, decorated with small irons of rosettes, palmettes and royal arms of France. Interior with seven compartments. Misses. 17th century. Louis XIII or Louis XIV period. H. 27 cm.

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Lot n° 16

RARE PENDULE AU CHINOIS DE BERTIN, MINISTRE DE LOUIS XV ET ADMINISTRATEUR DE LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES

Clock of movement form out of lacquered wood with black bottom, with gold lacquered decoration in light relief of Chinese characters on the side faces, in lower part of the cartels of flowers in crosses, resting on four feet, the white and black enamelled...

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Lot n° 17

RARE ASSIETTE DU SERVICE “À RUBANS VERTS” OFFERT PAR LOUIS XV À MARIE-THÉRÈSE D’AUTRICHE EN PORCELAINE DE VIENNE

Contoured rim, with polychrome decoration in the center of a bouquet of flowers and on the wing and the fall of a green ribbon and a garland of flowers, the edge decorated with an interlacing garland of flowers on a gold background surrounding green spandrels....

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Lot n° 18

ENSEMBLE DE TROIS SALIÈRES EN ARGENT D’ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI À RARE DÉCOR FIGURANT LES ARCADES DU PALAIS-ROYAL

Three saltcellars of oval form resting on four feet, with their lining out of blue glass, out of silver (800 thousandths) engraved representing the famous arcades of the Palais-Royal in Paris, with the grids crowned of the three flowers of lily. Some...

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Lot n° 19

Henri-Félix-Emmanuel PHILIPPOTEAUX (1815-1884)

Study for "Louis XV visiting the battlefield of Fontenoy, May 11, 1745". Oil on canvas, signed lower left "Philippoteaux". Circa 1840. In a large giltwood frame. H. 12,5 x W. 12 cm. Frame : H. 23,7 x W. 23 cm. History To illustrate this great page of...

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Lot n° 20

Bataille de Fontenoy (1745)

Rare complete table service for 12 guests in historiated linen damask including a tablecloth and thirteen napkins, decorated in four vertical registers with the arms of France and the Dauphin, the equestrian representation of Louis XV, the city of Tournay...

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Lot n° 21

École française vers 1780.

Presumed portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793). Oval miniature, unsigned, representing a young woman in bust, three-quarter right, in light white dress and powdered wig. Vertical crack. In a beautiful rectangular gilt bronze frame of the 19th...

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Lot n° 22

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764)

Oval miniature portrait of Madame de Pompadour, painted on a polychrome porcelain plate bordered with gold, monogrammed on the right "MB", representing the mistress-in-title of King Louis XV after Drouais. Fixed on a blue silk background, in a rectangular...

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Lot n° 23

École française vers 1780.

Presumed portrait of Marie-Thérèse-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princess of Lamballe (1749-1792). Octagonal miniature, probably representing Madame de Lamballe, close friend of Marie-Antoinette, in three-quarter bust to the left, in white dress and blue...

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Lot n° 24

Marie-Thérèse-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792)

Bisque bust representing Madame de Lamballe, close friend of Marie-Antoinette, resting on a pedestal with a fluted decoration with a square base, centered on an oval cartouche in a laurel wreath. Small missing parts. End of the 19th century, in the Sèvres...

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Lot n° 25

Portrait miniature rond du roi Louis XVIII,

part of a decoration of the Lily, preserved under glass circled with gilded brass in a green velvet frame, above was probably a decoration of the Lily (missing). Restoration period. D. 1,6 cm. Frame: H. 10,5 x W. 6 cm.

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Lot n° 26

Rare boîte-médaille commémorative de la victoire du corps expéditionnaire français en Espagne commandé par le duc d’Angoulême en 1823

Précis of the War of Spain according to the official reports until the delivery of king Ferdinand. In Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1823, leporello of 22 circular loose leaves and 2 ff. glued inside the lids of the box with the arms of Paris, of 4,5 cm of diameter,...

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Lot n° 27

École française de la fin du XVIIIe siècle.

Oval miniature portrait of a woman (Madame Elisabeth?), left profile polychrome on black background, wearing an earring decorated with a large pearl. In a gilded copper oval frame bordered by a frieze of gadroons. H. 6 x W. 5 cm (at sight).

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Lot n° 28

Paire de boutons de col

porcelain, round shape, decorated with the intertwined monogram 'MA' of Queen Marie Antoinette in gold on a blue background, bordered by a frieze of gold Greeks decorated with imitation polychrome gems. Napoleon III period. D. 3,5 cm.

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Lot n° 29

BOITE RONDE « À L’AMOUR DE LA PATRIE » COMMÉMORANT LE DAUPHIN DE FRANCE, FILS DE LOUIS XVI

Circular ivory box lined with tortoiseshell, the lid inlaid with an oval composition under glass fixed on a white background, decorated with pearls, glass of various colors and metallic filigree, featuring a dolphin on a pedestal with flowers, evoking...

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Lot n° 30

LES BOUTONS D’HABIT DE VOLTAIRE (1694-1778)

Set of 22 circular buttons in faceted glass decorated with a floral design in silver cannetille, having belonged to Voltaire according to the two papers inscribed in ink attached: "This twenty four buttons had once been the propriety and custom of the...

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Lot n° 31

Famille royale de France

Round box in pressed tortoiseshell powder, lined with tortoiseshell, the lid inlaid with a colored engraving representing the profiles of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, the Dauphin and Madame Elisabeth, under glass and circled with gilded brass. Wear. End...

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Lot n° 32

François-Marie Arouet, dit VOLTAIRE (1694-1778)

Round box in pressed tortoiseshell powder, the lid inlaid with a colored engraving under curved glass depicting the sarcophagus to the spirits of Voltaire transported to the Pantheon on July 11, 1791. Wear. End of the 18th century. D. 7,5 x H. 2,5 cm....

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Lot n° 33

Louis-Pierre DESEINE (1749-1822), d’après.

Bust of Louis-Charles de France, duke of Normandy then Dauphin of France, future Louis XVII (1785-1795) Hard porcelain cookie. 19th century, after a model made around 1790. H. 41 x W. 24,5 x D. 16 cm. History Initially a student of Edme Dumont, whose...

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Lot n° 34

École française d’époque Restauration.

Portrait of Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan (1752-1822). Oval miniature painted with gouache, monogrammed and dated "GC / 1827", representing her in front, wearing a ribboned lace bonnet, on a background of blue and orange tones. In its rectangular burrwood...

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Lot n° 35

Pierre-François PALLOY (1755-1835)

Rare plan of the Bastille given on July 14, 1790 by Palloy, pasted on strong paper, captioned and colored, including a history of the place, engraved by Chapuy. With handwritten annotation in ink in the upper left corner indicating the former ownership...

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Lot n° 36

Exécution du roi Louis XVI

Suite of 4 watercolor engravings, three with oval views representing scenes on the day of the King's execution, including the separation of the royal family, the preparation for death and the execution by guillotine, and one representing Queen Marie Antoinette...

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Lot n° 37

Louis Charles Auguste COUDER (1789-1873)

Study for the portrait of Robespierre. Oil on canvas (faded). About 1848. In a modern frame. H. 45,5 x W. 37,5 cm. History This study of very good quality was conceived on the occasion of the realization of the "Oath of the Jeu de Paume", great historical...

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Lot n° 38

Georges François Marie GABRIEL (1775-1846), d’après.

Portrait of Stanislas-Marie Maillard called "Tape-Dur" (Gournay-en-Bray, 1763-Paris, 1794). Sanguine on paper, annotated at the bottom "Maillard P(résiden)t du Tribunal Révolutionnaire à l'Abbaye". Stains. From the sketch kept in the Carnavalet Museum,...

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Lot n° 39

École française de la fin du XVIIIe siècle.

Portrait of a revolutionary court judge carrying an envelope "To the citizen Chambon, commissioner of wars (...)". Oil on panel. Cracks, wear. Framed. Inscribed on the back " Sacco / 1796 14 Octo(bre)". H. 51 x W. 40 cm. H: 51 x W: 40 cm

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Lot n° 40

Jean-Antoine HOUDON (1741-1828), d’après.

Bust of a black woman. Bronze with brown patina, engraved on the pedestal "RENDERED TO FREEDOM AND EQUALITY BY THE NATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE 16TH PLUVIOSE OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC ONE AND INDIVISIBLE", signed under the arm "Houdon". Resting on a rectangular...

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Lot n° 41

Pair of silhouettes in black cut...

Pair of silhouettes in black cut paper, representing caricatures of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, captioned in ink "Mr. Capet" and "Mrs. Capet", the King under the figure of a horned pig, the Queen under the figure of a hen. Beginning of the 19th century. In...

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Lot n° 42

Louis XVIII, Roi de France, (1755-1824).

Letters of Declaration of Naturality granted by Louis XVIII to Sr. Hiacinthe Curtillet, captain of reformed infantry, born in Aix en Savoie, on July 25, 1790, made in Paris on September 9, 1818. Preprinted parchment sheet, filled in with a pen. Signed...

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Lot n° 43

Louis XVIII, roi de France (1755-1824).

Lithograph representing King Louis XVIII, in three-quarter bust to the right, in uniform wearing the great cordon of the Holy Spirit, after a portrait by François Gérard. Freckles, one margin missing. Framed. H. 36 x W. 27.5 cm.

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Lot n° 44

Louis XVIII, roi de France (1814-1824).

Statuette in plaster with a terracotta patina representing King Louis XVIII in full length. Resting on a later gilded bronze base with chiseled decoration of water leaves on a round black marble base. Restoration period. H. 24 cm.

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Lot n° 45

RARE ASSIETTE EN PORCELAINE DE SÈVRES DU SERVICE ICONOGRAPHIQUE FRANÇAIS DU ROI CHARLES X À TRIANON

Plate "to be mounted" in hard porcelain, the marli with lapis blue background powdered with gold, bordered on one side by a frieze of waves and on the other by water leaves, the center decorated with a rose window surrounded by a frieze of gold mantling....

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Lot n° 46

Louis XVIII, roi de France (1814-1824)

Rare bisque bust representing him in uniform slightly turned to the left, resting on a porcelain half-column pedestal, with a square black base, fluted decoration painted in gold and royal blue, centered on an oval cartouche in a laurel wreath inscribed...

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Lot n° 47

RARES PROJETS POUR LA SALLE DU TRÔNE DE LOUIS XVIII AUX TUILERIES

Set of three frames containing cut gouache painted paper projects, decorated in gold tones on a scarlet background with palms, bouquets of lilies, acanthus leaf friezes and passementerie bows. In rectangular frames of Empire style, applied with gilded...

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Lot n° 48

SÈVRES

Cup litron and its saucer out of porcelain of the service of the Officers of the Household of King Charles X, with the crowned figure of the King erased, in a crown of laurel in gold, broad gold net on the edge. Royal Manufacture of Sevres, 1824-1830. Blue...

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Lot n° 49

SÈVRES

Pair of porcelain butter dishes of the service of the Officers of the Household of King Charles X, the crowned figure of the King (a double C forming an X) crossed out under the July Monarchy, only remains the gold laurel wreath inside, frieze of myrtle...

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Lot n° 50

SÈVRES

Porcelain butter dish of the service of the Officers of the Household of King Charles X, with the crowned figure of the King (a double C forming an X), in a laurel wreath in gold, frieze of myrtle in gold on the edge and gold net on the edge. Wear to...

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