Live auction - fjt_581611 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis gravé, La Cigale n.d.
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 150 € |
| Maximum bid : | 150 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 18:24:33 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Porte-louis gravé, La Cigale
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver plated metal
Diameter : 75 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 35,66 g.
Coments on the condition:
Joli exemplaire avec une patine grise hétérogène ayant malheureusement été nettoyé. Usure sur les hauts reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : CIGALE.
Obverse description : Représentation féminine allégorique. Signé E. DROPSY.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cigale volant parmi les apis de blés.
Commentary
Dimensions de la boîte : 55,5*30 mm. L’intérieur est argenté.
Jean-Baptiste Emile Dropsy (1848-1923) est un graveur. Il entama son apprentissage de graveur sur métaux à Paris quai de Jemmapes auprès de la société Lemoine. Ce porte-Louis décoré et gravé par Jean Baptiste Emile Dropsy permettait de ranger facilement plusieurs napoléons de 10 francs OR et de 20 francs OR à l’aide d’un système à ressorts.
Box dimensions: 55.5*30 mm. The interior is silver-plated. Jean-Baptiste Emile Dropsy (1848-1923) was an engraver. He began his apprenticeship as a metal engraver in Paris on the Quai de Jemmapes with the Lemoine company. This Louis holder, decorated and engraved by Jean Baptiste Emile Dropsy, made it easy to store several 10-franc gold and 20-franc gold napoleons using a spring system.
Jean-Baptiste Emile Dropsy (1848-1923) est un graveur. Il entama son apprentissage de graveur sur métaux à Paris quai de Jemmapes auprès de la société Lemoine. Ce porte-Louis décoré et gravé par Jean Baptiste Emile Dropsy permettait de ranger facilement plusieurs napoléons de 10 francs OR et de 20 francs OR à l’aide d’un système à ressorts.
Box dimensions: 55.5*30 mm. The interior is silver-plated. Jean-Baptiste Emile Dropsy (1848-1923) was an engraver. He began his apprenticeship as a metal engraver in Paris on the Quai de Jemmapes with the Lemoine company. This Louis holder, decorated and engraved by Jean Baptiste Emile Dropsy, made it easy to store several 10-franc gold and 20-franc gold napoleons using a spring system.
Historical background
COIN PURSE, WALLET
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From the Middle Ages until the middle of the 19th century, deniers, écus, and then the first francs and centimes, were carried in purses, alms pouches, or small leather change purses, often attached to the belt. When, in the second half of the 19th century, the Second Empire put into circulation more than one hundred million 20-franc gold coins minted with the image of Louis Napoleon III, it was necessary to create a safe and practical system for storing and individually transporting these precious coins. The craftsmen imagined the manufacture of a sort of coin box, which took the name of coin box, then gold holder, and quickly transformed into Louis holder, the first name of the Emperor, but also a reminder of the first gold Louis created at the end of the reign of Louis XIII in 1641.
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