Octagonal metal-plated baluster saupoudroir, the pedestal de - Lot 125

Octagonal metal-plated baluster saupoudroir, the pedestal decorated with oval moldings, the body with gadroons, engraved with a coat of arms stamped with a marquis crown, (partly unsilvered, missing parts). 18th century. Height : 24 cm Brulart de Sillery for Louis-Philogène Brulart, known as the Marquis de Sillery, Marquis de Puisieux et de Sillery, born May 12, 1702, married Charlotte- Félicité Le Tellier de Louvois de Rebenac on July 19, 1722, and became successively captain of cavalry, mestre-de-camp (1734), brigadier des armées (August 1, 1734), French ambassador to the King of the Two Sicilies (1735-1739), marshal de camp on February 20, 1743, minister plenipotentiary of France at the Breda Conferences (1746), Conseiller d'Etat d'épée (October 1746), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, following the Marquis d'Argenson, from January 15, 1747 to September 9, 1751, Minister of State until June 1756; He returned to the King's Council on July 2, 1758 and remained there until the suppression of the Jesuits (1764); he had also been appointed knight and chancellor of the King's orders, lieutenant general in the government of Languedoc (May 7, 1751) and governor of Epernay. He died in Paris on December 8, 1770. Provenance: - Probably former Puiforcat collection, circa 1942. - Collection of a Parisian art-loving family.