BEAUTIFUL TRAVEL BOX OF BIENNAIS. - Lot 122

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6000 - 8000 EUR
BEAUTIFUL TRAVEL BOX OF BIENNAIS. - Lot 122
BEAUTIFUL TRAVEL BOX OF BIENNAIS. Varnished mahogany veneer, with reinforcing corners, escutcheon lock entrance and cover cartouche engraved JMV under baron crown, in brass. Inside the cover with green morocco protection decorated with gold friezes and stamped with gold monkey "BIENNAIS Md TABLETIER EBENISTE RUE St HONORE N°119 PARIS", closing with spring, discovering two pockets with gussets in red morocco, sheathed in green silk. Opened it presents : An oval silver basin engraved with arms (22 x 15 cm). Marked 18th century and head of old man 1 in profile containing two trays covered with green morocco decorated with gold semis of stars. The first tray presents ten instruments, a fruit knife with a vermeil blade and a mother-of-pearl handle, a penholder in tortoiseshell and gold, a mechanical pencil, a penknife, an awl, a compass, a dry point. The second: a chisel, two razors, a hook, a missing chisel. Under the basin, a tray with the porcelain under cup and two articulated hooks. Underneath, a silver ice-cream holder (XVIIIth mark), with the arms, a tray with a spoon and a fork, in silver and ivory handles with the arms, a small silver spoon, with the arms (XVIIIth mark) and a knife with steel blade and twisted ivory handle. It presents, on the circumference: - A silver bottle with a lid bearing the arms. - Five crystal flasks with silver lids, with arms. - A coffee pot, with arms, with handle. - An inkwell and an hourglass with silver lids, with arms. - A silver stove with arms, with handle, containing a crystal bottle. - A porcelain cup with polychrome and gold flowered decoration - A round silver box, with arms, with openwork lid, containing a glass. - A silver eyewash, shaving brush, punch, infuser ball. In silver. Secret compartment Louis under the inkwells. Missing the key clover. Safety brackets Signed on the lock " BIENNAIS Md TABLETIER EBENISTE AU SINGE VIOLET RUE HONORE n°119 A PARIS ". Box of Biennais garnished at the time with silver pieces Louis XVI and completed under the Restoration. A.B.E. (Small accidents, some elements replaced). Directoire Consulate period, some elements completed under the Restoration. 35 x 23 x Ht 11,5 cm. The silver pieces are with the arms of the Mailhet family, some with the arms of Cardinal Augustin de Mailhet (1767-1842), bishop of Tulle (1825), others under ducal crown. The box was later used by another member of the family, Baron "JMV".
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