Second Empire Commemorative Medal - Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie, Exposition Universelle 1867 Antique

Second Empire Commemorative Medal - Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie, Exposition Universelle 1867 AntiqueA French commemorative medal featuring conjoined profile portraits of Emperor Napoleon III wearing a laurel wreath and Empress Eugenie wearing a diadem, executed in classical medallic style. The obverse is signed "Labouche", identifying the engraver medallist. The reverse depicts a stylized architectural pavilion with flags flying above a fenced exhibition structure, inscribed "Exposition Universelle 1867", referencing the Paris World's Fair held

Contemporary mottled calf

textile-lined red interior

spectral figure extending one arm as if addressing the other

likely as part of a decorative furnishing

Vanity or grooming brushes

For the Amsterdam wedding of Jacob Dircksz van Lennep and Susanna Catharina de Wolff

Dresser box

premium cigar brand

Additional Description: A finely cast Italian Louis XVI style oval portrait frame featuring an elegant pierced ribbon-and-bow crest above a laurel garland border

Glass intact

Latin couplet referencing Galatea’s allure as she is drawn through Sicilian seas

Late 19th century (Napoleon III / Belle Époque period)