Water glass in vermeil, gift from Empress Eugénie, Second Empire, circa 1865-1870. PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION, Giquello Auction House, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6 & 7, 2025.
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**COLLECTION PHILIPPE MISSILLIER**
ANCIENT PERIOD – BOOKS – 17TH CENTURY FIREARMS
HUNTING ART – PHALERISTICS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS – RUSSIAN ART
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11am to 12pm
AFRICA AND OCEANIA – FAR EAST
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 2pm
ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Drouot - rooms 5-6
**EXHIBITION**
Tuesday, March 4, from 11am to 6pm
Wednesday, March 5, from 11am to 6pm
Thursday, March 6, from 11am to 12pm
Phone during the exhibition +33(0)1 48 00 20 05
**GIQUELLO**
Alexandre Giquello
Violette Stcherbatcheff
5, rue La Boétie - 75008 Paris
+33 (0)1 47 42 78 01 - info@giquello.net
Subject to approval
no. 2002 389
**CONTACT**
Claire Richon
+33(0)1 47 70 48 00
c.richon@giquello.net
**EXPERT**
Bertrand Malvaux, CNES
**Lot no. 242 (from the sale)**
Vermeil water glass, gift from Empress Eugénie, Second Empire, circa 1865-1870
Chalice-shaped glass with a stem, slightly widening at the rim. The chalice is entirely engraved with three oval reserves alternating with three larger ones bordered with cascades of flowers, one of which bears two intertwined "E"s (Eugénie), superimposed with an imperial "N" (Napoléon), topped with the imperial crown. The baluster leg and rounded stepped foot (slight chip) are plain.
Title and guarantee hallmark: Minerva's head, 1st title. Master hallmark: François-Auguste Boyer-Callot, registered on September 13, 1865, located at 30 rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie.
Height: 13 cm; Diameter: 8.3 cm; Weight: 197 gr.
France.
Second Empire, circa 1865-1870.
Very good condition, partial wear to the outer gilding, traces of slight chips at the base rim.
700/1500
History: To commemorate the baptism of the Prince Imperial on June 14, 1856, a medal was commissioned from Armand Caqué and minted by the Mint. Four thousand of them were sent to the parents of legitimate children born in France on the same day as the Prince Imperial, March 16, 1856. Indeed, the Emperor and Empress had decided to be the godfather and godmother of these children. During official trips, Napoleon and Eugénie would give a vermeil engraved cup or, more rarely, a stemmed glass to the godsons and goddaughters presented to them.
A vermeil stemmed glass engraved with the same patterns was offered by Count d'Abel de Malibran to the Paris Army Museum; it was published in the Review of the Society of Friends of the Army Museum, 1963 supplement, pp. 8-9.
Bibliography: Arminjon, Catherine, page 81 n°00667.
ANCIENT PERIOD – BOOKS – 17TH CENTURY FIREARMS
HUNTING ART – PHALERISTICS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS – RUSSIAN ART
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11am to 12pm
AFRICA AND OCEANIA – FAR EAST
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 2pm
ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Drouot - rooms 5-6
**EXHIBITION**
Tuesday, March 4, from 11am to 6pm
Wednesday, March 5, from 11am to 6pm
Thursday, March 6, from 11am to 12pm
Phone during the exhibition +33(0)1 48 00 20 05
**GIQUELLO**
Alexandre Giquello
Violette Stcherbatcheff
5, rue La Boétie - 75008 Paris
+33 (0)1 47 42 78 01 - info@giquello.net
Subject to approval
no. 2002 389
**CONTACT**
Claire Richon
+33(0)1 47 70 48 00
c.richon@giquello.net
**EXPERT**
Bertrand Malvaux, CNES
**Lot no. 242 (from the sale)**
Vermeil water glass, gift from Empress Eugénie, Second Empire, circa 1865-1870
Chalice-shaped glass with a stem, slightly widening at the rim. The chalice is entirely engraved with three oval reserves alternating with three larger ones bordered with cascades of flowers, one of which bears two intertwined "E"s (Eugénie), superimposed with an imperial "N" (Napoléon), topped with the imperial crown. The baluster leg and rounded stepped foot (slight chip) are plain.
Title and guarantee hallmark: Minerva's head, 1st title. Master hallmark: François-Auguste Boyer-Callot, registered on September 13, 1865, located at 30 rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie.
Height: 13 cm; Diameter: 8.3 cm; Weight: 197 gr.
France.
Second Empire, circa 1865-1870.
Very good condition, partial wear to the outer gilding, traces of slight chips at the base rim.
700/1500
History: To commemorate the baptism of the Prince Imperial on June 14, 1856, a medal was commissioned from Armand Caqué and minted by the Mint. Four thousand of them were sent to the parents of legitimate children born in France on the same day as the Prince Imperial, March 16, 1856. Indeed, the Emperor and Empress had decided to be the godfather and godmother of these children. During official trips, Napoleon and Eugénie would give a vermeil engraved cup or, more rarely, a stemmed glass to the godsons and goddaughters presented to them.
A vermeil stemmed glass engraved with the same patterns was offered by Count d'Abel de Malibran to the Paris Army Museum; it was published in the Review of the Society of Friends of the Army Museum, 1963 supplement, pp. 8-9.
Bibliography: Arminjon, Catherine, page 81 n°00667.
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