Empire drageoir in sterling silver by Jean-Pierre Bibron, Paris 1809-1819

Superb drageoir in solid silver with an inlaid decoration of bacchantes resting on friezes of palms, palmettes and flowers, the handles with plant scrolls, the circular pedestal resting on a square base decorated with a pearled frieze, topped by with a frétel in the form of a butterfly on a flower.
The cut crystal lining decorated with oves is from Le Creusot, the former Manufacture Royale des Cristaux et Émaux de la Reine Marie-Antoinette.

Marks
• Maître-orfèvre : Jean-Pierre-Nicolas BIBRON (registered in 1798).
• "2e coq 1er titre" (mark for solid silver in Paris between 1809 and 1819).
• "Moyenne garantie de Paris".

French 1st Empire period.


Jean-Pierre Nicolas BIBRON is a Parisian goldsmith from the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century.
He registered his first mark on "18 Frimaire an V" (1798-1799).
He worked at 3, rue de Harlay until 1809, when he moved to 172 rue Saint-Jacques, then 32 rue Bourg-l'Abbé in 1818.


MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS, PARIS, "Moutardier couvert" solid silver, Empire period (1804-1814), inv. 27422.
• MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS, PARIS, "Salière", solid silver, Paris 1798-1809, inv. 37487 A.
• MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS, PARIS, "Salière", solid silver, Paris 1798-1809, inv. 37487 B.
• CATHÉDRALE SAINT-GATIEN, TOURS, "Calice et patène" gilded silver, Paris 1798-1809.
• ÉGLISE SAINT-GEORGES, FRANKEN, "Calice" gilded silver", Paris, 1809.
• ÉGLISE PAROISSIALE NOTRE-DAME-DU-RONCIER, JOSSELIN, "Ciboire des malades", solid silver, Paris, 1798-1809 ; classified as Historical Monument on January 26, 1982.