Bons de caisse
1st quarter 20th centuryPaper
The banknote is the first to display a portrait of a member of the reigning Grand Ducal family. The portrait needed a few changes. Tremont had drawn the face of Grand Duchess Charlotte from the front, looking at the spectator. On the final version of the banknote, Charlotte is represented in three-quarters profile, her head turned slightly to the right. The original composition for the back of the note was generally respected. The peasant woman and a steel worker represent the two economic pillars of the country; they continued to be widely used in the iconography of Luxembourg banknotes.
One million copies of this banknote – rare nowadays – were printed in Brussels; by 1929 it had already been removed from circulation.
Text | CC BY-NC | François Reinert and Cécile Arnould
Object: Bons de caisse
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Faïencerie Boch Septfontaines | Manufacturer
- Napoléon III | Represented person
- Daniel John Pound (1820-1894), after | Engraver
- Title:
- Beer mug
- Date:
- 1813 - 1825 | 1st quarter 19th century - 2nd quarter 19th century
- Inventory Number:
- 1942-003/013
- Collection:
- Ceramics
- Domain:
- Ceramics
- Designation:
- Beer mug
- Iconography:
- Portrait
- Material | Technique:
- Glazed fine earthenware
- Measurements:
- Height (H): 12.5 cm
- Length (L): 11.4 cm
- Depth (D): 8.1 cm
- Inscription(s):
- Inscription\, printed in black (NAPOLÉON III.)
- Hollow maker’s mark\, rounded / number in center (BOCH•A•LUXEMBOURG / I)
- Label (Landesmuseum Luxemburg / Lüxbg. Steingüt / 1942/3/13 / Badu 3.1.42 = 10.- RM.)
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of creation: Luxembourg | Luxembourg City
- Acquisition method:
- Achat
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Noémie Montignie
Object: Médaille d’inauguration
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Faïencerie Boch Septfontaines | Manufacturer
- Napoléon III | Represented person
- Daniel John Pound (1820-1894), after | Engraver
- Title:
- Beer mug
- Date:
- 1813 - 1825 | 1st quarter 19th century - 2nd quarter 19th century
- Inventory Number:
- 1942-003/013
- Collection:
- Ceramics
- Domain:
- Ceramics
- Designation:
- Beer mug
- Iconography:
- Portrait
- Material | Technique:
- Glazed fine earthenware
- Measurements:
- Height (H): 12.5 cm
- Length (L): 11.4 cm
- Depth (D): 8.1 cm
- Inscription(s):
- Inscription\, printed in black (NAPOLÉON III.)
- Hollow maker’s mark\, rounded / number in center (BOCH•A•LUXEMBOURG / I)
- Label (Landesmuseum Luxemburg / Lüxbg. Steingüt / 1942/3/13 / Badu 3.1.42 = 10.- RM.)
- Geographical Reference:
- Place of creation: Luxembourg | Luxembourg City
- Acquisition method:
- Achat
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Noémie Montignie