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Auction archive: Lot number 615

FOUR FRENCH PRESSED BONE SNUFF-BOXES

The Decorative Arts Sale
21 Jun 2011 - 22 Jun 2011
Estimate
€1,500 - €2,500
ca. US$2,158 - US$3,597
Price realised:
€1,625
ca. US$2,338
Auction archive: Lot number 615

FOUR FRENCH PRESSED BONE SNUFF-BOXES

The Decorative Arts Sale
21 Jun 2011 - 22 Jun 2011
Estimate
€1,500 - €2,500
ca. US$2,158 - US$3,597
Price realised:
€1,625
ca. US$2,338
Beschreibung:

FOUR FRENCH PRESSED BONE SNUFF-BOXES
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
FOUR FRENCH PRESSED BONE SNUFF-BOXES FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY One depicting Napoleon and troops before the pyramids with his quote songez que du haut de ces monuments quarante siecles vous contemplent - 9.2 cm. wide; Two in the shape of a bicorne, one depicting Napoleon at St Helena, the other Napoleon on horseback - each 4.8 cm. high; another depicting Napoleon and his son the King of Rome - 7.1 cm. wide Together with two papier mache and one faux tortoiseshell snuff-box each with a depiction of Napoleon to the lid - 7-8 cm. diam. and 9 cm. wide; A pressed brass and tole-peinte box, French, circa 1806, depicting Napoleon on the lid and his victories on the base; And a cigarette case depicting the funerary procession of Napoleon's ashes in Paris, 15 December 1840 - 14 cm. wide (9)

Auction archive: Lot number 615
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jun 2011 - 22 Jun 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
21-22 June 2011, Amsterdam
Beschreibung:

FOUR FRENCH PRESSED BONE SNUFF-BOXES
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
FOUR FRENCH PRESSED BONE SNUFF-BOXES FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY One depicting Napoleon and troops before the pyramids with his quote songez que du haut de ces monuments quarante siecles vous contemplent - 9.2 cm. wide; Two in the shape of a bicorne, one depicting Napoleon at St Helena, the other Napoleon on horseback - each 4.8 cm. high; another depicting Napoleon and his son the King of Rome - 7.1 cm. wide Together with two papier mache and one faux tortoiseshell snuff-box each with a depiction of Napoleon to the lid - 7-8 cm. diam. and 9 cm. wide; A pressed brass and tole-peinte box, French, circa 1806, depicting Napoleon on the lid and his victories on the base; And a cigarette case depicting the funerary procession of Napoleon's ashes in Paris, 15 December 1840 - 14 cm. wide (9)

Auction archive: Lot number 615
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jun 2011 - 22 Jun 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
21-22 June 2011, Amsterdam
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