TRAVEL KIT OF GENERAL LAURISTON given by General Maison during the campaign of 1813, First Empire. 29860.
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TRAVEL NECESSITY OF GENERAL LAURISTON given by General Maison during the campaign of 1813, First Empire. 29860
Rectangular wooden box covered in green morocco leather containing silver accessories: two crystal flasks, a round crystal box, three round silver boxes, a silver goblet, a large diamond-cut crystal box with an openwork silver lid for soap or a sponge, a folding fork and spoon, a mirror in the lid; this box extends into a large green morocco flap, forming a travel case, filled with various instruments; when the box is closed, the flap completely surrounds it by making one and a half turns. The necessity is presented with its travel case in sheepskin, lined with green silk (very damaged).
Inside the necessity, a handwritten exhibition label states: "Toilet necessity given by Marshal Lauriston to Marshal Maison who had lost his own during the campaign of 1813. No. Belongs to Marquis Maison".
Accompanying is a handwritten pencil letter, probably written by the Marquise Maison, in May 1899: "Toilet necessity of General Lauriston given by him to General Maison who had lost his own - Campaign of 1813 - Marshal Maison used it until his death in February 1840, in memory of Lauriston. Lauriston made this gift as a token of friendship and esteem in 1813, General Maison being under his command as a divisional general and Lauriston commanding a corps". Dimensions when closed 30 x 15 x 10 cm, length of the flap 65 cm. First Empire period. Good condition.
HALLMARKS: - Paris first title rooster, 1809/1819; - silversmiths, for the folding cutlery: "P C" CHENEAUX, cutlery, 39 rue Quincampoix from 1810, 1811; for the boxes: "P N B" BLAQUIÈRE Pierre, Noël, 174 rue Saint-Honoré, hallmark 1803/1804.
France.
First Empire.
Very good condition.
PROVENANCE:
Former collection of André Deconinck, auction at Hôtel Drouot, with Maître Thierry de Maigret, expert Bernard Croissy, Thursday, October 9, 2014 lot 64 of the catalog.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Jacques Jean Alexandre Bernard Law, Marquis de LAURISTON was a French military officer, diplomat, and politician, born on February 1, 1768 in Pondicherry in French India, and died on June 11, 1828 in Paris. He successively became a divisional general in 1805, count of the Empire in 1808, French ambassador to Russia in 1811, Marquis de Lauriston in 1817, Marshal of France in 1823, and Minister of State in 1824. He was also elected to the Institut de France (Académie des Beaux-Arts) in 1822.
In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte, now First Consul, called him back to service and made him one of his aides-de-camp, participating in the battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800. He was ordered to disband the 1st artillery regiment which had mutinied and to reorganize it. He later assumed command of it.
LAURISTON was sent on a diplomatic mission to Copenhagen in 1801 and witnessed the city's bombardment by Admiral Nelson's British fleet. In early 1802, he was tasked with delivering the ratification of the peace treaty concluded in Amiens between France and the United Kingdom to London. The First Consul's aide-de-camp was warmly received by the population of London: they cut the horses' harnesses and dragged his carriage to his hotel.
Returning to France, he was appointed brigadier general on September 13, 1802. He was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1803 and promoted to commander in 1804; his two younger brothers, Charles Louis and Louis Georges, would also become Legion of Honor knights, but much later.
He was given command of the expeditionary forces prepared to resupply Batavia, under the command of Admiral Villeneuve. He was promoted to divisional general on February 1, 1805. The squadron set sail from Toulon on March 29 and arrived in Martinique on May 12. Lauriston took part in the capture of the Diamond Rock, held by a British garrison and considered impregnable. Ten days later, Villeneuve learned of Nelson's departure for the Antilles and the fleet set sail back to Europe. It arrived in Cadiz after the Battle of Cape Finisterre. Lauriston returned to Paris.
He fought in the 1805 campaign in Austria. He was appointed governor of Braunau, Ragusa, and the Bay of Kotor in 1806. On December 19, 1807, he was appointed governor-general of Venice. Upon his arrival in the city, he oversaw the transfer of the remains of the economist Law, his great-uncle, to the church of San Moisè.
In 1808, Lauriston accompanied Napoleon to the meeting at Erfurt. He was made a count of the Empire and fought in Spain. Upon his return to Germany in 1809, he moved to the Army of Italy and played an active role in the battles of Raab and Wagram, where he commanded the Guard's artillery. Following the battle of Wagram, Napoleon awarded him the Grand Cross of the Iron Crown.
Lauriston and Kutuzov, the Russian army commander, in 1812.
Peace at any cost! Napoleon and General Lauriston in 1812, by Vassili Verechtchaguine (1900).
After the Treaty of Schönbrunn, Lauriston, as a general colonel of the Imperial Guard, accompanied Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria to France for her marriage to Napoleon. He was then tasked with fetching and bringing back to France the children of Louis Bonaparte, who had just abdicated the crown of Holland. On February 5, 1811, Napoleon appointed Lauriston as his ambassador to Russia in St. Petersburg. He was to request from Alexander the occupation of the ports of Riga and Reval and the exclusion of British ships from the Baltic. A year later, during the Russian campaign, he rejoined the army and served again as Napoleon's aide-de-camp. After the capture of Moscow, the Emperor entrusted Lauriston with a peace negotiation mission with General Kutuzov. After a day of negotiations at the outposts, Lauriston was admitted on the night of October 5, 1812 to the Russian commander-in-chief. The latter dismissed him, pretending to refer the matter to the tsar to keep the French in suspense and delay their departure. Lauriston commanded the rearguard during the retreat and demonstrated the skills of an accomplished general in these difficult circumstances.
Upon arrival in Magdeburg, he organized the 5th corps of the Grand Army, leading it in the German campaign at the battles of Lützen and Bautzen. Leading the 5th and 11th corps, he defeated the Prussians in several encounters. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Leipzig on October 19, 1813. He was still in the city when the White Elster bridge was destroyed; the Moniteur announced his death. Taken to Berlin, he returned to France after the fall of the Empire and the return of the Bourbons in April 1814.
MAISON Nicolas, Joseph, Marquis, Marshal of France, born in Épinay on December 19, 1771, passed away in Paris on February 13, 1840. He started his career in the National Guard in 1789; served at Fleurus; worked with General Bernadotte in July 1795; captain in 1796; battalion chief in August 1796; major general and chief of staff of the 27th military division in 1802; brigadier general on February 19, 1806; Baron of the Empire on July 2, 1806; knight of the Military Merit of Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria in 1810; served in Russia in 1812; promoted to divisional general on August 21, 1812; Count of the Empire on August 14, 1813; Grand Cross of the Order of the Reunion on November 19, 1813; commander of the 1st corps of the Northern Army; governor of the 1st military division in Paris on June 1, 1814, and from July 8 to September 25, 1815; Peer of France on June 4; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on July 22, 1814; Marquis on July 31, 1817; Grand Cross of Saint Louis on September 30, 1818; governor of the 1st military division in Paris on February 17, 1819; commander-in-chief of the Morea expedition on July 24, 1828; Marshal of France on February 22, 1829; Minister of Foreign Affairs replacing Molé from November 2 to 17, 1830; ambassador to Vienna from 1831 to 1833, to St. Petersburg from 1833 to 1835; Minister of War, 1835/1836.
Rectangular wooden box covered in green morocco leather containing silver accessories: two crystal flasks, a round crystal box, three round silver boxes, a silver goblet, a large diamond-cut crystal box with an openwork silver lid for soap or a sponge, a folding fork and spoon, a mirror in the lid; this box extends into a large green morocco flap, forming a travel case, filled with various instruments; when the box is closed, the flap completely surrounds it by making one and a half turns. The necessity is presented with its travel case in sheepskin, lined with green silk (very damaged).
Inside the necessity, a handwritten exhibition label states: "Toilet necessity given by Marshal Lauriston to Marshal Maison who had lost his own during the campaign of 1813. No. Belongs to Marquis Maison".
Accompanying is a handwritten pencil letter, probably written by the Marquise Maison, in May 1899: "Toilet necessity of General Lauriston given by him to General Maison who had lost his own - Campaign of 1813 - Marshal Maison used it until his death in February 1840, in memory of Lauriston. Lauriston made this gift as a token of friendship and esteem in 1813, General Maison being under his command as a divisional general and Lauriston commanding a corps". Dimensions when closed 30 x 15 x 10 cm, length of the flap 65 cm. First Empire period. Good condition.
HALLMARKS: - Paris first title rooster, 1809/1819; - silversmiths, for the folding cutlery: "P C" CHENEAUX, cutlery, 39 rue Quincampoix from 1810, 1811; for the boxes: "P N B" BLAQUIÈRE Pierre, Noël, 174 rue Saint-Honoré, hallmark 1803/1804.
France.
First Empire.
Very good condition.
PROVENANCE:
Former collection of André Deconinck, auction at Hôtel Drouot, with Maître Thierry de Maigret, expert Bernard Croissy, Thursday, October 9, 2014 lot 64 of the catalog.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Jacques Jean Alexandre Bernard Law, Marquis de LAURISTON was a French military officer, diplomat, and politician, born on February 1, 1768 in Pondicherry in French India, and died on June 11, 1828 in Paris. He successively became a divisional general in 1805, count of the Empire in 1808, French ambassador to Russia in 1811, Marquis de Lauriston in 1817, Marshal of France in 1823, and Minister of State in 1824. He was also elected to the Institut de France (Académie des Beaux-Arts) in 1822.
In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte, now First Consul, called him back to service and made him one of his aides-de-camp, participating in the battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800. He was ordered to disband the 1st artillery regiment which had mutinied and to reorganize it. He later assumed command of it.
LAURISTON was sent on a diplomatic mission to Copenhagen in 1801 and witnessed the city's bombardment by Admiral Nelson's British fleet. In early 1802, he was tasked with delivering the ratification of the peace treaty concluded in Amiens between France and the United Kingdom to London. The First Consul's aide-de-camp was warmly received by the population of London: they cut the horses' harnesses and dragged his carriage to his hotel.
Returning to France, he was appointed brigadier general on September 13, 1802. He was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1803 and promoted to commander in 1804; his two younger brothers, Charles Louis and Louis Georges, would also become Legion of Honor knights, but much later.
He was given command of the expeditionary forces prepared to resupply Batavia, under the command of Admiral Villeneuve. He was promoted to divisional general on February 1, 1805. The squadron set sail from Toulon on March 29 and arrived in Martinique on May 12. Lauriston took part in the capture of the Diamond Rock, held by a British garrison and considered impregnable. Ten days later, Villeneuve learned of Nelson's departure for the Antilles and the fleet set sail back to Europe. It arrived in Cadiz after the Battle of Cape Finisterre. Lauriston returned to Paris.
He fought in the 1805 campaign in Austria. He was appointed governor of Braunau, Ragusa, and the Bay of Kotor in 1806. On December 19, 1807, he was appointed governor-general of Venice. Upon his arrival in the city, he oversaw the transfer of the remains of the economist Law, his great-uncle, to the church of San Moisè.
In 1808, Lauriston accompanied Napoleon to the meeting at Erfurt. He was made a count of the Empire and fought in Spain. Upon his return to Germany in 1809, he moved to the Army of Italy and played an active role in the battles of Raab and Wagram, where he commanded the Guard's artillery. Following the battle of Wagram, Napoleon awarded him the Grand Cross of the Iron Crown.
Lauriston and Kutuzov, the Russian army commander, in 1812.
Peace at any cost! Napoleon and General Lauriston in 1812, by Vassili Verechtchaguine (1900).
After the Treaty of Schönbrunn, Lauriston, as a general colonel of the Imperial Guard, accompanied Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria to France for her marriage to Napoleon. He was then tasked with fetching and bringing back to France the children of Louis Bonaparte, who had just abdicated the crown of Holland. On February 5, 1811, Napoleon appointed Lauriston as his ambassador to Russia in St. Petersburg. He was to request from Alexander the occupation of the ports of Riga and Reval and the exclusion of British ships from the Baltic. A year later, during the Russian campaign, he rejoined the army and served again as Napoleon's aide-de-camp. After the capture of Moscow, the Emperor entrusted Lauriston with a peace negotiation mission with General Kutuzov. After a day of negotiations at the outposts, Lauriston was admitted on the night of October 5, 1812 to the Russian commander-in-chief. The latter dismissed him, pretending to refer the matter to the tsar to keep the French in suspense and delay their departure. Lauriston commanded the rearguard during the retreat and demonstrated the skills of an accomplished general in these difficult circumstances.
Upon arrival in Magdeburg, he organized the 5th corps of the Grand Army, leading it in the German campaign at the battles of Lützen and Bautzen. Leading the 5th and 11th corps, he defeated the Prussians in several encounters. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Leipzig on October 19, 1813. He was still in the city when the White Elster bridge was destroyed; the Moniteur announced his death. Taken to Berlin, he returned to France after the fall of the Empire and the return of the Bourbons in April 1814.
MAISON Nicolas, Joseph, Marquis, Marshal of France, born in Épinay on December 19, 1771, passed away in Paris on February 13, 1840. He started his career in the National Guard in 1789; served at Fleurus; worked with General Bernadotte in July 1795; captain in 1796; battalion chief in August 1796; major general and chief of staff of the 27th military division in 1802; brigadier general on February 19, 1806; Baron of the Empire on July 2, 1806; knight of the Military Merit of Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria in 1810; served in Russia in 1812; promoted to divisional general on August 21, 1812; Count of the Empire on August 14, 1813; Grand Cross of the Order of the Reunion on November 19, 1813; commander of the 1st corps of the Northern Army; governor of the 1st military division in Paris on June 1, 1814, and from July 8 to September 25, 1815; Peer of France on June 4; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on July 22, 1814; Marquis on July 31, 1817; Grand Cross of Saint Louis on September 30, 1818; governor of the 1st military division in Paris on February 17, 1819; commander-in-chief of the Morea expedition on July 24, 1828; Marshal of France on February 22, 1829; Minister of Foreign Affairs replacing Molé from November 2 to 17, 1830; ambassador to Vienna from 1831 to 1833, to St. Petersburg from 1833 to 1835; Minister of War, 1835/1836.
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