BY MAISON VERVELLE, PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD OVAL BOX
By Maison Vervelle, Paris, Mid-19th Century
The panelled lid inlaid with brass initials AP. enclosing a floral material-lined plain interior and a lockplate inscribed Vervelle Paris
10 cm. high x 27 cm. wide x 20 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The firm of Maison Vervelle was established in 1804 and exhibited at the 1827 and 1844 Expositions and also at the 1855 Paris Exposition Universelle. They published the Bulletin du magasin des nouveautés in 1830. In 1856 the company was taken over by Audot.

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