Lot 103
  • 103

Nécessaire de voyage en cristal et argent par Jules Coquelin, Paris, vers 1845, dans son écrin gravé aux armes des Médicis

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Nécessaire de voyage en cristal et argent par Jules Coquelin, Paris, vers 1845, dans son écrin gravé aux armes des Médicis
  • Les armes sont celles de Médicis incluant les armes royales de France.
  • each silver piece engraved with a marquis's coronet

  • Long. du coffret 40,5 cm ; case, 16in long
comprenant: huit boîtes et trois flacons en cristal taillé et couvercles en argent guilloché,un blaireau dans son étui en argent, une brosse, un encrier de voyage, une cafetière, son réchaud et sa lampe, ainsi que divers divers ustensiles de manucure, un miroir, chaque pièce en argent gravée d'une couronne de marquis, le couvercle de l'écrin serti d'une plaque en laiton gravée d'armoiries timbrées d'une couronne de marquis, le coffre signé Alph. Giroux et Cie, 7 rue du Coq Saint Honoré, Paris

Condition

In overall good condition. Comprising 5 cut-glass circular boxes with silver covers, 3 cut-glass bottles with silver caps, 3 rectangular cut-glass bottles with silver covers, 1 silver cylindrical shaving brush case with shaving brush inside, 1 square travel inkstand, an additional rectangular silver cover, a travel chocolate-pot with stand and lamp (ivory handle and finial), all the silver pieces guilloché engraved with Marquis coronet, 8 toilet implements with turtle handles, 10 toilet steel implements, some of the toilet implements in poor condition, the wood case with mirror inside the cover, the cover with a large crack, applied with the Medici coats-of-arms including French Royal arms, with Marquis coronet, the case engraved on the border Alph. Giroux et Cie 7 rue du Coq St Honoré Paris
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