Description A beautiful old French jewelry box, gilt bronze with hand-painted portrait of Napoleon II as a child. Oval, bronze with mesh top and ornate appliques, gold finish and green velvet interior. The hinged lid is set with a miniature portrait of the "Roi de Rome," son of the great Napoleon Bonaparte, as a boy in military dress clothes. The portrait is hand-painted, signed "Raynol," covered with a curved glass lens, and marked on the inside "Roi de Rome." Minor wear and tarnish to gilt finish. Faint scratches to glass lens.Measure 4 1/2" by 3 1/2." Portrait 1 3/4" across.
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