Sugar bowl

Description

Vase-shaped silver-gilt sugar bowl, decorated with sphinxes seated on plinths on flat circular base, with detachable cover with finial representing the eagle of the god Zeus, part of a tea service made for the Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, the Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria: French, Paris, by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, 1810, purchased by Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1830

Museum reference

A.1976.750.4

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Sugar bowl

Production information

Biennais, Martin-Guillaume, 1764 - 1843, Silversmith
Paris, France, Western Europe

Date

1810

Materials

Silver-gilt

Physical description

Silver-gilt

Associations

Previous owner: Napoleon I
Previous owner: Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria
Previous owner: Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 1767 - 1852
Zeus

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Waterloo: After the Battle (15 May 2015 - 27 Sep 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
art, design and fashion, art of living

Credit

Acquired with the aid of the Art Fund