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NAPOLEON III. A JEWELLED GOLD AND GLASS PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX, LOUIS-FRANÇOIS TRONQUOY, PARIS, CIRCA 1852
Auction Closed
July 14, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
NAPOLEON III. A JEWELLED GOLD AND GLASS PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX, LOUIS-FRANÇOIS TRONQUOY, PARIS, CIRCA 1852
rectangular with slightly-waisted sides, the lid set in high relief with a dark blue glass dome applied with the cipher of Napoleon III in rose diamonds, chevron engine-turned ground within leaf-bound reeding, applied scroll thumbpiece, maker's mark, post-1838 3e titre, the rim numbered: 411, in original red leather presentation case tooled with the Imperial cipher
7.5cm., 3in. wide
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Louis-François, son of Jean-François Tronquoy and Louise Ferdinande Morin was born on 20 May 1798 at 639 rue des quatre vents, 11e arrondissement, Paris. He first entered a mark for la tabatière on 4 January 1827 from 8 rue des Prouvaires, probably taking over the business and premises of the box-maker Simon-Achille Léger.