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Live auction - fjt_1063178 - COIN PURSE, WALLET Porte-louis, poudrier, rouge à lèvres n.d.
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2025 19:08:54 |
Type : Porte-louis, poudrier, rouge à lèvres
Date: n.d.
Metal : gilt metal
Diameter : 118 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 263,04 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Obverse
Obverse legend : BB.
Obverse description : Surface guillochée entourée d’une frise de fleurs. Médaillon central ovale accueillant le monogramme de sa première propriétaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BB.
Reverse description : Surface guillochée entourée d’une frise de fleurs. Médaillon central ovale accueillant le monogramme de sa première propriétaire.
Commentary
Dimensions : 118*72 mm
Épaisseur : 16 mm
Cet exemplaire, de forme rectangulaire, s’ouvre et permet d’y placer un louis d’or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et une pièce de 10 francs or (20 mm). Il dispose, également, d’un emplacement dédié à un poudrier et un autre pour un rouge à lèvres. Le revers du couvercle accueille un miroir rectangulaire biseautée. Le modèle, en métal doré, est muni d’une chaîne permettant de le porter.
L’emplacement pour la poudre est gravé des mentions: “METAL DORE”. Les emplacements pour les pièces sont guillochés créant un motif discret de rosace.
Dimensions: 118 x 72 mm Thickness: 16 mm This rectangular coin case opens to reveal a compartment for a Louis d'or (22.5 mm diameter) and a 10-franc gold coin (20 mm). It also features a dedicated space for a powder compact and another for a lipstick. The reverse of the lid houses a rectangular, beveled mirror. Made of gilt metal, the case comes with a chain for carrying. The powder compartment is engraved with the inscription \\\"METAL DORE\\\" (gilt metal). The coin slots are guilloché, creating a subtle rosette pattern.
Épaisseur : 16 mm
Cet exemplaire, de forme rectangulaire, s’ouvre et permet d’y placer un louis d’or (diamètre : 22,5 mm) et une pièce de 10 francs or (20 mm). Il dispose, également, d’un emplacement dédié à un poudrier et un autre pour un rouge à lèvres. Le revers du couvercle accueille un miroir rectangulaire biseautée. Le modèle, en métal doré, est muni d’une chaîne permettant de le porter.
L’emplacement pour la poudre est gravé des mentions: “METAL DORE”. Les emplacements pour les pièces sont guillochés créant un motif discret de rosace.
Dimensions: 118 x 72 mm Thickness: 16 mm This rectangular coin case opens to reveal a compartment for a Louis d'or (22.5 mm diameter) and a 10-franc gold coin (20 mm). It also features a dedicated space for a powder compact and another for a lipstick. The reverse of the lid houses a rectangular, beveled mirror. Made of gilt metal, the case comes with a chain for carrying. The powder compartment is engraved with the inscription \\\"METAL DORE\\\" (gilt metal). The coin slots are guilloché, creating a subtle rosette pattern.
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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