A FRENCH IMPERIAL JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX

BY ARTHUR GOOSSENS (FL. 1847-1863), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1855, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'MAURICE MAYER JOALLIER DE L'EMPEREUR. 20 R. VIVIENNE PARIS' AND NO 190

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A FRENCH IMPERIAL JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
BY ARTHUR GOOSSENS (FL. 1847-1863), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1855, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'MAURICE MAYER JOALLIER DE L'EMPEREUR. 20 R. VIVIENNE PARIS' AND NO 190
shaped rectangular box, the cover and baluster sides engraved, cast and embossed with foliate scrolls on a sablé ground , the cover applied with a shaped oval blue guilloché enamel plaque set with old and rose-cut diamond studded monogram ‘N’, a Royal coronet above, for Napoléon III, Emperor (1852-1870) of the Second French Empire, flanked by four silver and blue enamel mounted paste stones, the interior cover with an engraved inscription
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
The inscription reads 'Par l'Empereur / à Ct. Delachausseé / temoignage de satisfaction / 1er Mai 1856'

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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was the only President (1848-1852) of the French Second Republic and, as Napoléon III, the Emperor (1852-1870) of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoléon I.

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