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
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. Delachausse é / temoignage de satisfaction / 1er Mai 1856 '
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
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. Delachausse é / temoignage de satisfaction / 1er Mai 1856 '
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