An Imperial gold and ivory bracelet belonging to Empress Marie-Louise representing the King of Rome, the bracelet by maison Nitot, the miniature by Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855), circa 1811
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the miniature featuring Napoléon-François Charles Joseph, king of Rome, as a baby wearing a lace bonnet and holding the sash of the Legion of Honour, signed lower right, the bracelet made of gold chain mail, in a gold case with inventory no. 79 on the back
Haut. 30 mm, long. 24 mm ; Height 1 in, length 0,5 in
Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory the export of which outside the EU is now prohibited pursuant to European regulation 2021/2280 of 16 December 2021. Pursuant to the UK Ivory Act 2018, clients based in the United Kingdom are not able to bid on / purchase this lot. Sotheby's will be able to provide the buyer with the intra-community certificate attached to this item.
Ordered by Empress Marie-Louise on 15 May 1811 to Nitot Joaillier « un bracelet en or renfermant le portrait de S.M. le Roi de Rome et attaché par des chaines de jaseron, pr or et façon 190 » (Bibliothèque Thiers, fond Masson, cardboard 37);
Sotheby’s London, 25 June 1979, lot 38;
Christie’s Geneva, 17 November 1992, lot 421;
Osenat, Fontainebleau, Collection Gérard Souham. Exceptionnelle bibliothèque et objets historiques de Napoléon 1er à Napoléon III, 16 December 2008, lot 46.
P.-J. Chalençon, Napoléon, La Collection, Paris, 2019, p. 59
F. Maison & E. Caude, La Pourpre et l’exil - L’Aiglon (1811-1832) et le Prince impérial (1856-1879), Paris, 2004, exhibition catalogue, Musée du château de Compiègne, 25 November 2004 - 7 March 2005, p. 67, n°39
A. Lamort, C. Forbes, Reliures impériales, Bibliothèque napoléonienne de Gérard Souham, New York, 2004, p.13
I. du Pasquier, L. Georget, L’Aiglon, Paris, 1993, exhibition catalogue, Musée National de la Légion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie, 20 March - 13 June 1993, p.38
Bibliothèque Thiers, Fond Masson, carton 37
L’Aiglon, Musée National de la Légion d’honneur, Paris, 20 March - 13 June 1993
La Pourpre et l’exil - L’Aiglon (1811-1832) et le Prince impérial (1856-1879), Musée du château de Compiègne, 25 November 2004 - 7 March 2005