Inkwell In Bronze And Cloisonne Enamel Signed Alphonse Giroux

Very nice inkwell signed on the back of the cover ALPHONSE GIROUX.
 the A.GIROUX house was established in 1799 at 7 rue du coq Saint Honoré, then boulevard des Capucines in Paris; It provides furniture, beautiful objects intended for ladies and children of aristocratic and bourgeois society.
 Also exhibited at the Universal Exhibitions (1855) and was very successful, particularly with the Empress Eugenie.