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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD BOTE--PORTRAIT
by Georges-Antoine Croze (fl. 1777-1790), marked, Paris 1777/1778, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache, the flange engraved with retailer's name "Du petit Dunkerque"
Circular bonbonnire, the independent cover, sides and base enamelled in translucent deep pink on a guilloch ground within borders of opaque green enamel dots surrounded by narrow opaque white enamel stripes, the lid inset with a circular miniature of a young lady called Madame Dubarry, in white dress and with pink cloak around her shoulders, holding a basket of flowers, the base enclosing a circular glazed panel of blonde hair
2 in. (69 mm.) diam.
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