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A tortoiseshell double portrait box with gold and enamel mounts by 
																	Martin-Guillaume Biennais

Martin-Guillaume Biennais

( French, 1764 - 1843 )

A tortoiseshell double portrait box with gold and enamel mounts

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Materials:

Tortoiseshell With Gold And Enamel Mounts

Size Notes:

miniatures; box 2.5 x 9.3 x 4.7 cm

Description:

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Markings:

maker's mark, Paris grosse garantie and 3me titre for 1798-1809, the miniature of the empress signed: Parant, circa 1805

Literature:

Related literature. Bernard-Henri Lévy (foreword by), Napol éon : A Private View, Treasures from the Bruno Ledoux Collection, New York, 2018

Provenance:

According to family tradition the box belonged to Empress Joséphine (1763-1814);. her daughter Hortense de Beauharnais, sometime Queen of Holland (1783-1837);. Napoléon III, Emperor of the French (1808-1873);. his consort Empress Eugénie (1826-1920);. Prince Victor Napoléon (1862-1926);. Prince Louis Napoléon (1914-1997

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