Flacon à parfum en verre à monture en argent, probablement Jules Wièse , Paris, vers 1865

le flacon en verre à monture à cage en argent ciselé, le couvercle à charnière, dans un écrin à la taille, étiquette ancienne collée dans le couvercle gravée: WIESE/ Joaillier, Bijoux, Orfèvre/ Rue de RICHELIEU 90/ ci-devant rue de l'Arbre-Sec/  Méd. de 1re Classe 1855/ Méd. d'Honneur à Londres 1862

In overall good condition
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Le célèbre bijoutier Jules Wièse ouvrit son magasin au 90 rue de Richelieu entre deux expositions universelles où il rencontra un grand succès: l'exposition de Londres en 1862 et celle de Paris en 1867. L'étiquette présente sur l'écrin semble être de cette première période. Il fut en effet contraint d'abandonner ses locaux durant la Commune, s'installant alors quatre numéros plus bas pour un loyer moins onéreux où il resta dix ans avant de revenir au numéro 90. Il légua son affaire à son fils Louis et sa fille Marie en 1880 et ils restèrent au 90 rue de Richelieu jusqu'à la cession de l'activité en 1925.

The celebrated bijoutier Jules Wièse opened his shop at 90 rue de Richelieu between showing so successfully at the London 1862 Exhibition and at the Paris Exposition of 1867. The trade label on the present case would appear to date from this first period. He was forced to abandon the premises during the Commune, returning to cheaper accommodation four doors down the street where he stayed for at least ten years before opening again at number 90. He transferred the business to his son Louis and daughter Marie in 1880 and they remained at 90 rue de Richelieu until they closed down in 1925.