Burr veneer travel case, brass spandrels, lock and cartridge - Lot 97

Burr veneer travel case, brass spandrels, lock and cartridge, lid opens onto red leather-lined interior cold-stamped with gilded friezes of fleurons and mesh, comprising five superimposed trays, a removable bottom revealing a mail holder, two metal belt buckles, two eye rinses, one in silver, two cut-crystal toilet flasks, the silver mount, the figured lid hemmed with a lanceolate frieze, a small crystal perfume flask, a tortoiseshell toilet element, a razor file stamped Maire in a green leather case bearing a label "Cuirs à rasoir de la Fabrique Rue S. Honoré n°154".Honoré n°154 Ou l'on trouvera des Nécessaires complet, et d etoute grandeurs A Paris", a filing stone, an oval-shaped silver bassinet, two square crystal flasks, the stopper engraved in silver, two cut crystal flasks/bottles, the stopper engraved in silver and a round wooden and horsehair clothes brush. Consulate period Gross weight of six stoppers, two eye rinses and basin: 201.4 g Case dimensions Height : 9 cm - Length : 26.8 cm - Depth : 16 cm (wear and tear, missing accessories, incomplete case, one rince oeil added, damage to case veneer, wear and tear to leather, crystal stopper damaged, inner crystal stoppers blocked, no key) Biography: Pierre Dominique MAIRE (circa 1763 - 1827), known as "marchand d'orfèvrerie et fabricant de nécessaires", was a direct competitor of Martin Guillaume Biennais, Napoleon's goldsmith. Maire called on the services of goldsmith Beaufort and "orfèvre garnisseur" Blaquière. The address shown here, rue Saint Honoré opposite the Oratoire, attests to a date of manufacture for this set that largely predates 1801.