PARIS 1798-1809 - Lot 11

PARIS 1798-1809 Circular silver vegetable dish bearing the coat of arms of Jean-Victor CHEBROU de la ROULIERE (1768-1845). The lid surmounted by a chased fruit-shaped frétel on a leafy base. The side handles are Greek-style with stylized palmettes and topped with a flowerette. Master goldsmith: Jean-Baptiste-Claude ODIOT, received master in 1785, registered in 1798. Gross weight: 1208 gr. Note: Jean-Victor-Madeleine Chebrou de La Roulière was a French officer and politician born on November 19, 1768 and died on July 30, 1845 in Niort. An officer in the royal army under Louis XVI, he emigrated on June 16, 1792 and served in the Armée des Princes during the 1792 campaign, then in the Armée de Condé with the 3rd company of noble infantry. In 1806, he became a member of the Deux-Sèvres General Council, and in 1810 a lieutenant of the wolf warden's office. On the return of the Bourbons, he was part of the deputation that carried the department's pledge of loyalty to the king. La Roulière was then appointed mayor of Niort, then president of the General Council, a position he held throughout the Hundred Days. President of the Niort electoral college under the Second Restoration, he was elected as a centrist deputy in 1815 and 1824. Chebrou de la Roulière remained mayor of Niort until the July Revolution. He died at Château des Loges on July 30, 18454.