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A GILTMETAL-MOUNTED BONBONIERE OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as a pagoda figure with bare chest and stomach, wearing puce-edged flowered jacket and yellow pantaloons, holding an iron-red ball and seated cross-legged on a grasswork base, the enamel cover painted with a loose bouquet and the interior with a flower-spray (slight crack to cover), circa 1755
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A GILTMETAL-MOUNTED BONBONIERE OF 'GIRL IN A SWING' TYPE modelled as a pagoda figure with bare chest and stomach, wearing puce-edged flowered jacket and yellow pantaloons, holding an iron-red ball and seated cross-legged on a grasswork base, the enamel cover painted with a loose bouquet and the interior with a flower-spray (slight crack to cover), circa 1755
6cm. high
6cm. high