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Lot Essay
The de Lavalle family has played an important role in the politics of Peru since the country gained its independence from Spain in 1821. Dnna Mariana married her mother's cousin, Don Jose Antonio de Lavalle y Arias Saavedra in 1854. He served as the first ambassador to represent an independent Peru at the Russian imperial court, arriving around 1866 during the reign of Tsars Alexander II. Her brother, Don Manuel Pardo y de Lavalle served as President of Peru between 1872 and 1876. He was assassinated by a political enemy on the steps of the Congress Building in 1878. Her first cousin, Don Jose Pardo y Barreda was President of Peru twice, from 1904-1908 and again 1915-1919.
It is not known when the present bonbonniere came into the family, but it is likely to have been acquired during the nine years that Dnna Mariana lived in Europe between c. 1866 and her death in St. Petersburg in 1875.
It is not known when the present bonbonniere came into the family, but it is likely to have been acquired during the nine years that Dnna Mariana lived in Europe between c. 1866 and her death in St. Petersburg in 1875.