10 - Round black tortoiseshell box, set in 2nd-title gold (840 parts per thousand)

Round black tortoiseshell box, set in 2nd-title gold (840 parts per thousand) The lid is inlaid with an oval miniature portrait of the Grand Dauphin Louis of France (1661–1711) Bust facing left, wearing a wig; painted enamel on gold, bordered in gold on an amati background, under a rectangular beveled glass with cut corners, framed by a blue enamel fillet. Good condition; the lower inner border needs to be reattached. Paris, 1798–1809. Silversmith: Antoine Tardiveau (active 1798–1815). The miniature is attributed to Jean I Petitot (Geneva, 1607–Vevey, 1691). H. 2.6 x W. 2.3 cm (miniature). H. 2.3 x D. 7.7 cm (box). Gross weight: 81.6 g. Provenance - Martial Lapeyre Collection (1904–1984). - Fondation Napoléon (Paris) following the bequest by Martial Lapeyre in 1984. Exhibitions - Philippe Hoch (ed.), Splendors of the Empire. Around Napoleon and the Imperial Court, exhibition catalog, Manderen, Château de Malbrouck (March 15, 2009–August 31, 2009), Éditions Serpenoise, 2009, p. 85. - Bernard Chevallier (ed.), *Napoleone: Imperial Splendor—The Treasures of the Fondation Napoléon*, exhibition catalog, Rome, Museo Napoleonico (February 15, 2008–May 25, 2008) & Portoferraio, Museo nazionale delle residenze napoleoniche (June 12, 2008–September 12, 2008), Éditions Sillabe, 2008, p. 191.