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HENRI AUGUSTE | A) PRESENTATION DRAWING OF A TEA URN B) A WORKING SKETCH FOR THE SAME URN

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May 18, 04:04 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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HENRI AUGUSTE

Paris 1759 - 1816 Jamaica

A) PRESENTATION DRAWING OF A TEA URN

B) A WORKING SKETCH FOR THE SAME URN


A) Pen and black ink and watercolour over traces of black chalk within double black framing lines;

bears Odiot Collection stamp in red ink, numbered 510 in pen and ink, said to be inscribed (verso): Pour L'empereur de perse

B) Pen and black and brown ink over black chalk;

inscribed in brown ink with instructions for the silversmith

A) 504 by 363 mm

B) 484 by 317 mm

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Maison Odiot, Paris

This presentation drawing and preliminary sketch are for the tea urn in the gold service designed for Napoleon's sister-in-law, Hortense de Beauharnais, who married Napoleon's youngest brother, Louis in 1802.