BY GABRIEL-RAOUL MOREL (FL. 1797-1832), MARKED, WITH THE EXCISE AND THIRD STANDARD MARKS FOR GOLD PARIS 1819-1838 AND THE FRENCH POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD, THE MINIATURE DATED WITH ADDRESS 'PARME 1823.' (LOWER RIGHT)

细节

A FRENCH PASTE-SET GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
by Gabriel-Raoul Morel (fl. 1797-1832), marked, with the excise and third standard marks for gold Paris 1819-1838 and the French post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18-carat gold, the miniature dated with address 'Parme 1823.' (lower right)
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover centred by a glazed oval miniature depicting Marie-Louise Empress of France (1791-1847) when Duchess of Parma, facing right in frill-edged low-cut gold-embroidered white dress, wearing the cross of the Constantinian Order of St Georges of Parma and diamond studded jewellery including a tiara, ferronnière and earrings, curly upswept brown hair, within a narrow gold border stamped with stylized acanthus, strass-set frame and four silver-mounted strass stones in the corners of the matted gold cover with scrolling foliate spandrels, the matted borders of the four sides and base stamped with foliate anthemia, pine cones and foliage and surrounding the panels on the sides and base similarly engine-turned with wavy reeding, the corners of the sides stamped with palmettes on a matted gold ground
3 5/16 in. (83 mm.) high

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拍品专文

A daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria, Marie-Louise was married to Napoleon I and became Empress of France. After the fall of the Empire, she was compensated by the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla 1814-1847. As such, Marie-Louise considered herself as the legitimate heir of the Farnese dynasty (extinct since 1731), her late mother Maria-Theresa of Bourbon-Sicilies' relations adding to this claim. On 13 February 1816, Marie-Louise declared herself officially Grand Master of the Constantinian Order of St George, which caused the wrath of the Bourbons who had claimed this order for their family. In the present miniature, Marie-Louise is proudly displaying 'her' order together with her rich jewellery.