SET OF SIXTEEN BUTTONS LIKELY BELONGING TO NAPOLEON III, by Trevert engraver. Second Empire. 34753
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SET OF SIXTEEN BUTTONS PROBABLY BELONGING TO NAPOLEON III, by Trevert engraver. Second Empire. 34753
Blue leather box with gilt edges and decorated on the lid with a "N" under a crown, in gilded metal, interior lined with green silk and velvet marked in gold "Trevert / ENGRAVER / PARIS". Dimensions 9 cm by 16 cm.
Eight large buttons (diameter 2.3 cm) and eight small buttons (diameter 1.5 cm) in gilded half-dome brass, adorned with the monogram "N" under a crown, surrounded by the grand collar of the Legion of Honor.
On the back of the box, a label from the sale of the Napoleonic collection of the Princely Palace of Monaco is affixed.
France.
Second Empire.
Very good condition, missing closure button for the box.
PROVENANCE:
Napoleonic collection of the Princely Palace of Monaco, Sunday, January 18, 2015, lot 350
HISTORY:
Jean-Baptiste Martin, a heraldic engraver, took over around 1850 the buttons manufacturing called Perfectionné, and then sold it to Charles Trévert in 1864. Trévert kept this manufacturing until 1914.
Blue leather box with gilt edges and decorated on the lid with a "N" under a crown, in gilded metal, interior lined with green silk and velvet marked in gold "Trevert / ENGRAVER / PARIS". Dimensions 9 cm by 16 cm.
Eight large buttons (diameter 2.3 cm) and eight small buttons (diameter 1.5 cm) in gilded half-dome brass, adorned with the monogram "N" under a crown, surrounded by the grand collar of the Legion of Honor.
On the back of the box, a label from the sale of the Napoleonic collection of the Princely Palace of Monaco is affixed.
France.
Second Empire.
Very good condition, missing closure button for the box.
PROVENANCE:
Napoleonic collection of the Princely Palace of Monaco, Sunday, January 18, 2015, lot 350
HISTORY:
Jean-Baptiste Martin, a heraldic engraver, took over around 1850 the buttons manufacturing called Perfectionné, and then sold it to Charles Trévert in 1864. Trévert kept this manufacturing until 1914.
Reference :
34753-1
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FOR ALL PURCHASES, PAYMENT IN MULTIPLE CHECKS POSSIBLE
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An authenticity certificate of the item including the description published on the site, the period, the sale price, accompanied by one or more color photographs is automatically provided for any item priced over 130 euros. Below this price, each certificate is charged 5 euros.
Only items sold by me are subject to an authenticity certificate, I do not provide any expert reports for items sold by third parties (colleagues or collectors).