Lot n° 116
Estimation :
1000 - 1500
EUR
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Result
: 3 840EUR
BONBONNIERE in black porphyry, the lid adorned with a cameo - Lot 116
BONBONNIERE in black porphyry, the lid adorned with a cameo featuring an antique profile. In a gilded leather case.
Empire period.
A handwritten note on the silk reverse of the case reads: "Gift of Pope Pius VII on Easter Day 1805, after having carried the canopy for him, when he gave his Ubi et Orbi blessing".
Diameter: 8 cm
Bibliography :
Victor Fouque, LL MM II et RR Napoléon et Joséphine et SS. Pie VII à Chalon sur Saône, sl, 1852.
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