, made in 1514, has been attributed to Pierre Mangot and his colleagues. , incorporating a
mother of pearl box made in
Gujarat, possibly as a gift for
Anne Boleyn.
Louvre, OA 11936. Formerly owned by
William Randolph Hearst. by
Hans Holbein,
Frick Collection Pierre Mangot was a goldsmith who worked for
Francis I of France. Works attributed to Pierre Mangot include the "Royal Clock Salt" now owned by the
London Goldsmith's Company which once belonged to
Henry VIII of England, and may have been a gift from Francis II when Henry married
Anne Boleyn, and a gold casket decorated with Limoges enamel plaques held by the
British Museum known as the "Sibyls Casket". Mangot's hallmark appears on the silver-gilt mount of a book belonging to
Trinity College, Cambridge, which seems to be depicted in
the portrait of
Thomas Cromwell by
Hans Holbein the younger, and on a jewelled cup known as "Le baguier de Pierre Mangot". Mangot's use of a hallmark depicting a crowned "M" was identified by a
Louvre curator, Michèle Bimbenet-Privat. Pierre Mangot and Louis Deuzan or Denzen mounted jewels and made an imperial-style arched crown for the funeral regalia of
Louis XII, in 1515. Mangot made a crown for the effigy of
Anne of Brittany at her funeral, and was possibly, with Geoffroy Jacquet and the artist
Jean Perréal, the maker of her crowned heart reliquary (which survives at the
Musée Dobrée). Pierre Mangot and
Jean Hotman probably supplied the many gifts made by Francis I to
Henry VIII and his courtiers at the
Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. Pierre Mangot supplied Francis I with some items before the King went to Italy, and was paid for these pieces and a covered cup and a covered jug in January 1527. In 1526, Mangot provided a gold collar of the
Order of Saint Michael given to
John Stewart, Duke of Albany, in compensation for his losses in the
Italian campaign. Mangot replaced two collars of the Order that the King had lost at
Pavia. Mangot made more collars of the Order in 1527, one intended to compensate
Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol for his service in Italy. In January 1529/30, Pierre Mangot's servant or assistant, Pierre Le Mussier, received payment for a chain made as a diplomatic gift for the English ambassador,
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford. Mangot made a coronet for the wedding of
Catherine de' Medici and the
Duke of Orleans in 1533. As well as the chains of the Order of Saint Michael, Pierre Mangot was paid for dress accessories by Francis I, including "
bordeures" (worn on a
French hood), ornaments for sleeves, and paternosters. He made a gold crown for
Catherine de' Medici to wear as
Duchess of Orléans at her wedding. His assistant Pierre le Messier (or "le Mercier") sometimes received the payments. Some older sources include another goldsmith called Pierre Mangot, or perhaps the same man. He married the widow of Louis Deuzan or Denzan, Jehanne Boulyer, who owned property in
Blois. He died around 1563, and is known as Pierre Mangot II. Their daughter, Magdalene Mangot married another goldsmith, Gilles de Suramond or Suraulmone, who worked for
Henry II of France. Pierre Mangot II made gold chains for diplomatic gifts to ambassadors, and Gilles de Suramond worked in enamels and made collars of the Order of Saint Michael. ==Robert Mangot==