Maison BAPST
Very rare wooden wedding case for multiple jewellery sets presented on six trays of different sizes, unfortunately empty, sheathed in silk velvet and crimson silk.
The hinged lid has inside the label of the House J x P. BAPST & FILS JOAILLIERS 25 rue du
Faubg St Honoré PARIS, repeated on a brass plate engraved on the inside edge. Condition of use, missing its key.
On the back a numbered collection label and a handwritten label indicating its recipient : Madame la Vicomtesse de La Rochefoucauld.
Around 1880.
Height: 22 cm - Width: 40 cm - Depth: 22 cm
Provenance:
Probably Jeanne Virginie Victurnienne de ROCHECHOUARTMORTEMART (1864-1924), married on January 17, 1883 to the viscount
Alexandre Jules Paul Philippe François de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (1854- 1930).