Lot Essay
A very similar box with a miniature attributed to Bernard Lens II, is illustrated in C. Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, Los Angeles, 1991, pp. 278-279, no. 93.
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ENGLISH, CIRCA 1715/1725, THE MINIATURE INSIDE BY CARL GUSTAV KLINGSTEDT, SIGNED AND DATED 1707
Details
A RARE GEORGE I GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH MINIATURES
English, circa 1715/1725, the miniature inside by Carl Gustav Klingstedt, signed and dated 1707
Flattened oval box, the cover set with a glazed gouache miniature depicting the coat-of-arms of the Dukes of Beaufort on a blue ground, the inside of the box with a second hinged lid containing a grisaille miniature slightly heightened with pink and red depicting a young lady preparing for a bath in a fountain in the foliage background, plain gold sides and base with reeded rims, slightly everted thumbpiece
36 (84 mm.) wide
English, circa 1715/1725, the miniature inside by Carl Gustav Klingstedt, signed and dated 1707
Flattened oval box, the cover set with a glazed gouache miniature depicting the coat-of-arms of the Dukes of Beaufort on a blue ground, the inside of the box with a second hinged lid containing a grisaille miniature slightly heightened with pink and red depicting a young lady preparing for a bath in a fountain in the foliage background, plain gold sides and base with reeded rims, slightly everted thumbpiece
36 (84 mm.) wide
Provenance
Henry, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1684-1714) or Henry, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (1707-1745/46).
Thence by descent.
Thence by descent.