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Cellar smell, including two crystal perfume bottles (or glass) and polished brass, cabinet in burr walnut wood and mother of pearl noirici signed the house Giroux * Paris, monogrammed on the cover of XIXth century.
This winery is in good condition. We have his key, the lock rotates but does not close the box. It is signed on the lock and carries a label underneath.
A note: slight play in closing (one side is less closed than the other), missing a pearl button on the front, some traces of accidents and restorations on wood, one of the vials has no cap Inside, the other cap is broken and stuck cabossures and wear on the bottles, wear time, see pictures.
We put a second cellar odor similar for sale on this site.
Dealer and manufacturer of cabinetry and tabletterie, Paris. Store created around 1799 by François-Simon Giroux 7 rue du Coq Saint-Honoré in Paris (1848 -Paris?): Trade in objects of fantasy and stationery (supplies daguerreotype) and cabinet from 1834 under the name of Alphonse Giroux. Taken over in 1838 by his son Alphonse, Gustave (Paris 1810-1886) and André (Paris 1801-1879) under the name Alphonse Giroux and Cie. Transferred in 1857, 43 Boulevard des Capucines. Sold in 1867 to Duvinage and Harinbouck, and directed from 1870 by Ferdinand Duvinage alone and then by his widow between 1874 and 1882 and finally by Philip A. and E. Arnut from 1883 to 1884. The former home Giroux disappears 1885. (see Orsay Museum Site)
