Enamel Jean-Baptiste Isabey Snuff Box

Enamel Jean-Baptiste Isabey Snuff Box
Gold. On the cover is a hinged medallion inset with a miniature on ivory of the Empress Marie-Louise by Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855), signed and dated Isabey 1812. Concealed beneath the medallion are portraits of Napoleon, signed and dated Isabey 1815, and the King of Rome, signed and dated M.18i5. Maker Gabriel-Raoul Morel. Paris, c. 1815. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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