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274 - Red morocco gusseted portfolio from Antoine DUBOIS, Empress …
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Estimate €4,000 - €5,000
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Red morocco gusseted portfolio from Antoine DUBOIS, Empress MARIE-LOUISE's obstetrician. Ornamented with a small iron in gold on the cover with the "Grandes Armes Impériales", the "N" under the crown and the date "1811". Trimmed inside with green morocco, with 12 compartments marked with the months of the year on mitre (partly missing). Flask lock with two silver-plated metal attachment points. 29.5 x 16.5 cm. Good condition (wear to spine). Provenance : - Valérie MASUYER, lady-in-waiting to Queen Hortense. - According to the archives of the Napoleonic Museum in Monaco, this portfolio was Antoine Dubois, the Emperor's physician and the Empress's midwife. the Empress. Exhibition: Exhibited in 1965 in the Salle d'Honneur of the Hôtel National des Invalides as part of an exhibition by the Association pour l'Encouragement des Etudes Napoléoniennes. Provenance : -Former Napoleonic Collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco, No. 71, Osenat, Fontainebleau 16 November 2014. N.B.: This type of crowned N can be found on objects of imperial provenance Imperial provenance dating from the end of the First Empire.
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
Lot description modified on 06/10/2026 at 9:47 AM
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Michel Bury and Henri du Cray
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