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View full screenSilver-gilt toast rack with an oval base on six claw feet and twelve curved wire dividers, 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
A.1977.190
Biennais, Martin-Guillaume, 1764 - 1843, Silversmith
Paris, France, Western Europe
1810
Silver-gilt with curved wire dividers
Previous owner: Napoleon I
Previous owner: Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria
Previous owner: Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 1767 - 1852
Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
National Museum of Scotland
European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
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Acquired with the aid of the Art Fund