Part of a cut-edge crystal glass service engraved with the n - Lot 44

Part of a cut-edge crystal glass service engraved with the numeral F.M. for Félix Meleniewski, under marquis crown, comprising: twenty-three water glasses, twelve red wine glasses, ten white wine glasses, one carafe, one vodka decanter, and one carafe stopper. (H. (glasses): 17.5 cm - 16 cm - 15 cm - (carafes): 30.5 cm - 23.5 cm) (chips and splinters on some glasses) One water glass with broken stem, not counted. Cf. Sale of October 18, 2008, Hôtel des ventes de Toulon, lot 96 > part of the same glass set. Cf. June 30, 2018 sale, Aisne Enchères Soissons. Same provenance for a silver menagère by Charvieux in Paris and a silver and cut-crystal travel set by Garnesson in Paris that belonged to Marie de Blonay (1877-1954), daughter of Ernestine Rzewuska (1846-1908) and Félix Meleniewski (1846-1908). Ernestine Rzewuska was the niece of Madame Hanska, Balzac's second wife. A Polish aristocratic family, established in Russia and related to some of the most illustrious families in Polish history, such as the Poniatowskis. Félix Stanislas Kopacz de Meleniewski was a Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the Sovereign Order of Malta, an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, a deputy in the assembly of the nobility of Kieff, an honorary justice of the peace at the court of Gaïssin and an advisor to the Ministry of the Interior in Kieff.