A Rare French 19th Century Pink Enamel Marquetry Boullework Ebonized Box, the top and two-door front opening to reveal two removable compartments and the lock engraved “Tahan Fr. cant Rue de la Paix 30”. The Tahan Company was founded by Pierre Lambert Tahan, a cabinet and object maker of the 19th century, appointed by Napoleon III, Tahan’s son Jean Pierre Alexandre opened the Tahan store at 32 Rue de la Paix in Paris, known as “Supplier of the King and Princes” and later “Supplier of the Emperor”; original key is included