Live Auction 5550Christie's Interiors
A NAPOLEON III GILT, SILVERED AND PATINATED ELECTROTYPE CASKET
Lot 441

A NAPOLEON III GILT, SILVERED AND PATINATED ELECTROTYPE CASKET

CIRCA 1870, PROBABLY BY EMILE-AUGUSTE REIBER FOR CHRISTOFLE & CIE

Closed9 September 2014

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GBP 1,250

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A NAPOLEON III GILT, SILVERED AND PATINATED ELECTROTYPE CASKET
CIRCA 1870, PROBABLY BY EMILE-AUGUSTE REIBER FOR CHRISTOFLE & CIE
With applied roses and rococo swirls, the interior lined in silk
7 in. (18 cm.) wide

Specialist note

Emile-Auguste Reiber (1826-1893) was appointed head of Christofle's design studio in 1865. Using the new technology of electroforming and plating, he sought to imitate the cloisonnés enamels and mixed-metal bronzework found in Japan and China.