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Set of Dessert Spoons (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1789–1820

Set of Dessert Spoons (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese — silver, by Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French, 1764–1843) Pierre-Benoît Lorillon (French, 1757–1816) François-Dominique Naudin (French, 1778-1841) Paris, made in Paris, dated 1789–1820.

Physical description: Gilded silver; H.: 18.8 cm (7 7/16 in.).

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Historical context

Held by Art Institute of Chicago (object no. 25179). The museum record attributes this piece to Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French, 1764–1843) Pierre-Benoît Lorillon (French, 1757–1816) François-Dominique Naudin (French, 1778-1841) Paris in Paris around 1789–1820. Details beyond the museum's own catalogue entry have not been independently verified.

Physical characteristics

Dimensions
H.: 18.8 cm (7 7/16 in.)
Materials techniques
Gilded silver

Identification

Source note
All details come from the object's own museum catalogue record; nothing has been copied from other entries.
Museum object name
silver
Museum object number
25179

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.