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BY ALEXANDRE-RAOUL MOREL (FL. 1833-1850), MARKED, WITH THE THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD, PARIS, 1838-1919, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 954, THE MINIATURE BY FRANÇOIS MEURET (1800-1887)
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A LOUIS-PHILIPPE JEWELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
by Alexandre-Raoul Morel (fl. 1833-1850), marked, with the third standard mark for gold, Paris, 1838-1919, struck with inventory number 954, the miniature by François Meuret (1800-1887)
Rectangular box with rounded corners and tapering baluster sides, the cover centred by an oval portrait miniature of Louis-Philippe of Orléans (1773-1850), King of the French 1830-1848, in military uniform decorated with the sash, badge and breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour and the badge of the Royal Belgian Order of Leopold, in a gold frame surrounded by silver-mounted old-mine cut diamonds, on a sablé panel cast with intertwined scrolling foliage, the sides with panels of engine-turning framed by latticework, flowers and scrolls
3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) wide
by Alexandre-Raoul Morel (fl. 1833-1850), marked, with the third standard mark for gold, Paris, 1838-1919, struck with inventory number 954, the miniature by François Meuret (1800-1887)
Rectangular box with rounded corners and tapering baluster sides, the cover centred by an oval portrait miniature of Louis-Philippe of Orléans (1773-1850), King of the French 1830-1848, in military uniform decorated with the sash, badge and breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour and the badge of the Royal Belgian Order of Leopold, in a gold frame surrounded by silver-mounted old-mine cut diamonds, on a sablé panel cast with intertwined scrolling foliage, the sides with panels of engine-turning framed by latticework, flowers and scrolls
3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) wide
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