Lot 125
Lot 125
TABATIÈRE DE PRÉSENTATION D'ÉPOQUE NAPOLÉON III EN OR DE QUATRE COULEURS

PAR ARTHUR GOOSENS (1847-1863), PARIS, VERS 1855; POUR MAURICE MAYER (1801-1864)

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EUR 12,000 - EUR 18,000
Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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TABATIÈRE DE PRÉSENTATION D'ÉPOQUE NAPOLÉON III EN OR DE QUATRE COULEURS

PAR ARTHUR GOOSENS (1847-1863), PARIS, VERS 1855; POUR MAURICE MAYER (1801-1864)

Closed: 22 Nov 2023
Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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Oblongue ciselée sur le fond et les côtés de grands enroulements feuillagés terminés par des fleurs sur fond sablé, le couvercle ciselé en quatre couleurs d'or de trophées militaires et branches fleuries, et appliqué d'un médaillon émaillé en bleu nuit translucide sur fond guilloché et centré de l'initiale N sertie en diamants dans un cadre de cuirs, gravée sur la gorge MAURICE MAYER JOAILLIER DE L'EMPEREUR, 20 R. VIVIENNE, PARIS', poinçons sur la gorge: 3e titre et orfèvre, dans un écrin associé d'époque en velours rouge estampé d'un ‘N’
L.: 9 cm. (312 in.)
Poids brut: 192 gr. (6 oz. 3 dwt.)
Provenance
Sir Francis Graham Moon (1796-1871) offerte par Napoléon III, Empereur des français en 1855, puis par descendance.
The property of a gentleman; Christie's, Londres, 10 juillet 1991 (4579), lot 105.
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A NAPOLEON III JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
BY ARTHUR GOOSENSE (1847-1863), RETAILED BY MAURICE MAYER (1801-1864), PARIS, CIRCA 1855
Shaped oblong, the cover chased with War Trophies and foliage in four-colour gold surrounding the initial N inset with diamonds on blue enamel ground, the sides and base chased and engraved with flowers and foliage on a matted ground, engraved on flange 'Maurice Mayer Joailler de l'Empereur .../Paris', marked on flange: 3rd standard and maker; in a contemporary associated velvet case stamped N

This presentation snuff-box was given by Napoléon III to Sir Francis Graham Moon (1796-1871).
A printer and publisher, he was elected common councilor in 1830 then Lord Mayor of London in 1854. It was in this capacity that he welcomed Napoléon III and his wife Empress Eugénie (1826-1920) at the Guildhall in 1855 who presented him with this snuff-box. Later, during a visit to Paris, Moon received the order of the Legion of Honor from the hands of the emperor.
Napoléon III was born in 1808 Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte known as Louis-Napoléon; he died in exile in England in 1873. He was the first president of the French Republic elected by universal male suffrage in 1848 and after the proclamation of the Empire in 1852, the last monarch under the name of Napoléon III until 1870.

A near identical presentation snuff-box was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 19 April 2001, lot 5.
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