Tahan Faux Malachite and Bronze Coffre (Some Damage) - Circa 1855-1870 Vintage

Tahan Faux Malachite and Bronze Coffre (Some Damage) - Circa 1855-1870 VintageGreen Marble (Damaged) and Bronze Tahan Box Napoleon III circa 1855 1870 Tahan Fournisseur du Roi (Supplier to the King) pre 1852 but stylistically 1855 1867 Consistent with pre Second Empire royal appointments, especially referring to his role under King Louis Philippe prior to Napoleon iII's shift to "Fournisseur de l"empereur" Tahan Jean Pierre Alexandre Tahan supplied luxe objets de fantasie, ecritoires, coffrets, necessaire de voyage, to royalty

Blue velvet-covered wood or card backing with hinged easel

with visible variation in stitch density and tension consistent with needle lace or embroidered net lace

Metallic threads (likely silver or silver-gilt wrapped silk) are woven and couched into the fabric

RW&S mark used from 1870s onward before eventually becoming Wallace Silversmiths)

Fire gilded or bronze patina finish

Vintage Avon Moonwind Bath Oil pitcher and basin

decorative patterns

The open-arm chairs are polychrome paint-decorated

Passed through a French antiquarian trade sale in the 1960s

Lot (Collection) of Coral and Shell Marine Specimens - 5 mother of peal shiny white shells

Depicts griffin rampant - mythological creature with an eagle's wings and lion's body

candied fruits or correspondence sets - intended as gifts for nobility and elite