BY ALEXANDRE-RAOUL MOREL (FL. 1833-1850), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1835, WITH THE FRENCH THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1838-1918, THE FLANGE STAMPED WITH NUMBER 9

Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822-1897) was a leader of the Orleanists, a political faction in 19th-century France associated with constitutional monarchy. He was born in Paris, the fifth son of King Louis-Philippe I of the French and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. He used the title Duke of Aumale. He distinguished himself during the French invasion of Algeria and, in 1847, he became lieutenant-general and was appointed Governor-General of Algeria, a position he held from 27 September 1847 to 24 February 1848. Gold boxes by Alexandre-Raoul Morel are rare. He was born in 1801 and took over the business of his father, the famous goldsmith Gabriel-Raoul Morel in 1832. He worked in premises in the rue Neuve des Bons Enfants and was last recorded in 1850.