HevoyagedtoEngland to cook in the modernGreatKitchenofthe prince regent, GeorgeIV, and crossedcontinentsto preparegrandbanquetsfor the tables ofTsarAlexanderI of Russia.
The auction's highlight: a silver compteur militaire, made by famed French watchmaker Breguet in 1822, that belonged to AlexanderI , emperor ofRussia, and later, his nephew Constantine Nicholaievich .