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A gold and enamel Imperial presentation box, Paris, circa 1855

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16,000 - 25,000 EUR

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Description

rectangular, the lid later applied with a blue enamel oval with a cast crowned monogram of Napoleon III, surrounded by gold foliage on a sablé ground, the slightly waisted sides and base with reeded and lozenge engine-turning, the corners engraved with scrollwork, slender thumbpiece, Paris post-1838 3eme titre for 18ct gold, the left rim numbered: 246, in a silk-lined velvet case with gold-tooled monogram to lid, stamped for: Mellerio (dits Meller) / Paris / 9 Rue de La Paix,


8.9 cm; 3 3/8 in. wide

overall weight 164 grams; 5.78 oz.