Brother and sister: Henri and Louise d'Artois. Snuffbox circa 1830-33
Brother and sister: Henri and Louise d'Artois. Snuffbox circa 1830-33
Papier-mâché snuffbox, featuring a view of Holyrood Castle on the lid and portraits of Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois and Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois on the reverse.
Condition: minor accidents, scratches and chips to lid
D : 8,6 cm
The portraits are a reproduction of the lithograph by J. Dumont and J. Ligny, entitled “Le frère et la soeur”.
Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (1819-1864), granddaughter of France (Bourbon), future Duchess of Parma and Piacenza.
Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois (1820-1883), Duc de Bordeaux, Comte de Chambord (Bourbon), pretender to the French crown from 1844 until his death as Henri V.
The Palace of Holyrood (Edinburgh, Scotland) was the royal family's residence in exile after the French Revolution, and from 1830 to 1832.
Condition: minor accidents, scratches and chips to lid
D : 8,6 cm
The portraits are a reproduction of the lithograph by J. Dumont and J. Ligny, entitled “Le frère et la soeur”.
Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (1819-1864), granddaughter of France (Bourbon), future Duchess of Parma and Piacenza.
Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois (1820-1883), Duc de Bordeaux, Comte de Chambord (Bourbon), pretender to the French crown from 1844 until his death as Henri V.
The Palace of Holyrood (Edinburgh, Scotland) was the royal family's residence in exile after the French Revolution, and from 1830 to 1832.
