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object n°25

The Comte de Marcellus' silver toilet set

Gift of the Countess of Marcellus, 1955 - Inv 55.4.1 to 55.4.9

This precious and rare toilet consists of eight finely chiselled pieces, made by a Parisian master goldsmith, Jean-Charles Fauché, between 1749 and 1750. The unusual story of this set and its arrival in the museum's collections...

object n°25 (pdf)

previous objects of the month

object N°53

Cabaret and its box, Terres de Bordes factory, Bordeaux, 1787-1790

Gift of the Friends of the madd-bordeaux - Inv. 2020.18.1 to 2020.18.11

object n°52

The Greek Festivities

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux - Inv. 82.3.1

object n°51

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Louis XV on horseback, 1766

Old fund of the City of Bordeaux - Inv. 7110

object n°50

L'Africaine and Le Gemmeur landais

Fixed under glass: glass, oil paint, gold and palladium leaf - Gift of Mr Daniel Thierry - Inv. 2018.1.1

object n°49

Set of the "Mary Stuart Quadrille"

after Eugène Lami (1800 - 1890), 1829 - Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv.58.1.2270

object n°48

48 - Opus shelves by Martin Szekely, 2016

Don du designer au madd-bordeaux en 2018 - Inv. 2018.15.1

object n°47

Émile Decoeur

Deposit of the Musée national de céramique, Sèvres, 1978 - Inv D 2008.0.81 to 109

object n°46

A mysterious painting

Purchase by City of Bordeaux, 1971, inv. 71.4.1

object n°45

Square piano by Pierre Garnier

Gift of the Association des Amis des Musées de Bordeaux, 1996 - Inv 96.2.15

object n°44

Portrait of Jeanne de Parouty, by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

Gift of M. Olivier Droin, 2017 - Inv 2017.1.1

object n°43

French court sword

Old fund of the City of Bordeaux - Inv 9988

object n°42

Lamp W&O, Sacha Ketoff

Gift of the Kreo Gallery, 2014 - Inv 2014.10.11

object n°41

Diamond armchair, Harry Bertoia

Deposit of the CHU of Bordeaux, 2009 - Inv D 2009.6.4

object n°40

Covered Terrine, Paul Hannong

Old fund of the City of Bordeaux - Inv 46 33

object n°39

Sputnik decanter, Vincent Poujardieu

Gift of the Bordeaux Friends of Vincent Poujardieu, 2011 - Inv 2011.2.2

object n°38

Portfolio of Mr. d'André-François Le Berthon

Purchase by the City of Bordeaux with the help of the Friends of the Hôtel de Lalande, 1986 - Inv 86.3.10

object n°37

Woodwork of the Gascq salon

Deposited in 1924 in the museum

object n°36

Premium decanter by Elisabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti for Ricard

Gift of Arc en rêve - architecture centre, 2001 - Inv 2001.6.1