PRÉSENT ADRESSÉ À LA FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE

PRESENT ADDRESSED TO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY
Wooden box with ivory veneer. Lid with two hinges. The imperial coat of arms with the number ML surrounded by friezes with floral decoration. The body is decorated with a belt of interlaced flowers framed by two friezes with geometric decoration. Varnished wood and tortoiseshell interior, natural wood underside. With six wooden pegs.
H. 15,8| W. 12| D. 9,4cm (Missing the key| accidents)
Sumptuous original wooden case covered with brown calfskin gilded with laurel wreaths at each corner, as well as with the roulette on the edges. Lock, clasp and handle in silvered bronze decorated with laurel wreaths. The tray of the handle bears an inscription: "20 March 1811, offered by the ladies of Mahé, French Indies". Inside decorated with red velvet and silver trimmings.
H. 20| W. 16| D. 11,2 cm (Lock mechanism to be revised| damage to the leather)
We think it is a present offered to the Empress Marie-Louise on the occasion
Of the birth of the King of Rome.
First Empire period
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Paris