Furniture & Works of Art - 6th July 2016
Lot 187
A 19th century French gilt metal mounted casket
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
A 19th century French gilt metal mounted casket, retailed by Alphonse Giroux, Paris, with a later red velvet cover, the hinged lid centred with a miniature topographical painting of Paris, the interior inscribed 'Alph. Giroux a Paris', containing a section of giltwood with an inscribed paper label 'a piece of the Throne of Louis Philippe which was destroyed in the Revolution of February 1848 and which I obtained at the time of its destruction', together with a posy in relation to the Revolution of February 1848 and other letters and ephemera, 10.4cm high, 18cm wide.