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A LOUIS XVI STYLE FOUR-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH MINIATURES
bearing prestige marks, the miniatures bearing spurious signatures "van Blarenberghe"
Oval gold box, the cover, sides and base inset with glazed gouache on paper miniatures depicting views of Versailles; on the cover: the Castle seen from the garden, on the base: Queen Marie-Antoinette's Hameau, on the sides: the Grand Trianon and the Petit Trianon and two other views; the two-colour gold mounts engraved with stylized acanthus on a matted ground, the side walls divided by engraved fluted pilasters hung with floral swags chased in four-colour gold -- 78 mm wide, within the original green silk-lined red leather case with gilt-stamped festoons.
bearing prestige marks, the miniatures bearing spurious signatures "van Blarenberghe"
Oval gold box, the cover, sides and base inset with glazed gouache on paper miniatures depicting views of Versailles; on the cover: the Castle seen from the garden, on the base: Queen Marie-Antoinette's Hameau, on the sides: the Grand Trianon and the Petit Trianon and two other views; the two-colour gold mounts engraved with stylized acanthus on a matted ground, the side walls divided by engraved fluted pilasters hung with floral swags chased in four-colour gold -- 78 mm wide, within the original green silk-lined red leather case with gilt-stamped festoons.