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A NAPOLEON III GILT AND SILVERED-BRONZE AND IVORY GOTHIC REVIVAL JEWELLERY CASKET

BY ALPHONSE GIROUX & CIE., PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A NAPOLEON III GILT AND SILVERED-BRONZE AND IVORY GOTHIC REVIVAL JEWELLERY CASKET
BY ALPHONSE GIROUX & CIE., PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Applied overall with pierced strapwork and engraved with scrolling foliage, the hinged lid centred by an armorial shield and enclosing a crimson velvet-lined interior, the angles with carved figures within niches, the lockplate engraved 'Alphonse Giroux et Cie a Paris'

6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide; 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This 15th century-inspired strapwork casket is one of two models of jewellery boxes retailed by the prolific firm Maison Giroux under Ferdinand Duvinage in the last quarter of the 19th century, an example of which is illustrated in D. Kisluk-Grosheid, 'Maison Giroux and its 'Oriental' Marquetry Technique', Furniture History: The Journal of The Furniture History Society, 1998, Vol. 34, p. 166. While a version was available in Ferdinand Duvinage's patented 'mosaïque métallique', Kisluk-Grosheid speculates that two designs were 'produced in other luxurious materials...in order to broaden the appeal of the firm's wares' (ibid, p. 162).

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