MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS. SERVICE OF THE... - Lot 132 - Osenat

MARTIN-GUILLAUME BIENNAIS. SERVICE OF THE GRAND DUKE MICHEL PAVLOVICH OF RUSSIA Set of five attelets or fruit picks. In vermeil, in the shape of arrows, with finely chiseled empennages. Picks engraved in the upper part of the figure of the "Grand Duke under crown". Hallmark of 1st title and medium guarantee Paris (1809-1819). Goldsmith's hallmark of Martin Guillaume Biennais. Net weight : 53 g. Length : 29 cm. B.E. Rare. Empire-Restoration period Michel PAVLOVICH of Russia (1798-1849), was the brother of Tsar Alexander I of Russia. His service was ordered to the greatest Parisian goldsmiths, Biennais and his successor Cahier, and was destined for the Michaelovsky palace.