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A gold-mounted tortoiseshell double portrait snuff box by 
																	Pierre-Andre Montauban

Pierre-Andre Montauban

( French, 18th C)

A gold-mounted tortoiseshell double portrait snuff box

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Materials:

Gold-mounted Tortoiseshell

Size Notes:

miniatures; box 2.5 x 9.3 x 4.8 cm

Description:

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Markings:

maker's mark, bear's head and Paris 3me titre et grosse garantie for 1798-1809 PNA 1241 MN 1241

Literature:

Related literature. Exhibition catalogue, Eugène de Beauharnais, honneur & fidélité , Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau, 1999-2000; Andrea Stuart, Josephine. The Rose of Martinique, London, 2004

Provenance:

According to family tradition, this box belonged to Empress Joséphine (1763-1814);. Eugénie, Empress of the French (1826-1920);. Prince Victor Napoléon (1862-1926);. Prince Louis Napoléon (1914-1997

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