• Snuffbox "Joséphine"

    18-carat gold blue enameled snuffbox, double lid with"Joséphine" inscription. Round dial watch, roman numerals and centered seconds. Lépine caliber with carillon movement . This exceptionnal piece would have been offered to Marie-Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, also called "Joséphine", married to Napoléon Bonaparte in 1796.
    Jaquet-Droz, London, circa 1790.

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Snuffbox "Joséphine"

18-carat gold blue enameled snuffbox, double lid with"Joséphine" inscription. Round dial watch, roman numerals and centered seconds. Lépine caliber with carillon movement . This exceptionnal piece would have been offered to Marie-Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, also called "Joséphine", married to Napoléon Bonaparte in 1796.
Jaquet-Droz, London, circa 1790.