THREE PIECES OF NAPOLEONIC INTEREST TOGETHER WITH A NAPOLEON III GILT-METAL AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
THREE PIECES OF NAPOLEONIC INTEREST TOGETHER WITH A NAPOLEON III GILT-METAL AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
including a brass dinner bell, the finial cast as a standing figure of the Emperor, with his left hand across his breast, wearing a hat and coat, h: 4 1/2 in.; a rectangular powder box with porcelain plaque of the Emperor set into cover, the interior of cover set with a mirror, 2 1/4 x 3 in.; and a circular vanity powder box, the cover inset with a circular portrait plaque of a young Napoleon within a raised border enclosed within floral swags and chains, with bowed thumbpiece, the glass base with long floral swags, interior of cover inset with a circular mirror, dia: 3 7/8 in.; together with a gilt-metal snuffbox, bearing the initial of Napoleon III below a crown on a blue enamel ground, with simulated diamond border and highlights, within a thin shaped blue border, and all reserved on a gilt ground with allover foliate design, w: 3 3/4 in. (4)
Condition: There is some age on these. Box is probably the newer of the pieces. None is period, but all probably late 19th/ early 20th century.
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THREE PIECES OF NAPOLEONIC INTEREST TOGETHER WITH A NAPOLEON III GILT-METAL AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
including a brass dinner bell, the finial cast as a standing figure of the Emperor, with his left hand across his breast, wearing a hat and coat, h: 4 1/2 in.; a rectangular powder box with porcelain plaque of the Emperor set into cover, the interior of cover set with a mirror, 2 1/4 x 3 in.; and a circular vanity powder box, the cover inset with a circular portrait plaque of a young Napoleon within a raised border enclosed within floral swags and chains, with bowed thumbpiece, the glass base with long floral swags, interior of cover inset with a circular mirror, dia: 3 7/8 in.; together with a gilt-metal snuffbox, bearing the initial of Napoleon III below a crown on a blue enamel ground, with simulated diamond border and highlights, within a thin shaped blue border, and all reserved on a gilt ground with allover foliate design, w: 3 3/4 in. (4)
Condition: There is some age on these. Box is probably the newer of the pieces. None is period, but all probably late 19th/ early 20th century.
For a detailed condition report please request more information.