Lot Essay
Another miniature by this artist, signed and dated 'P. Olagnon, 1783', also mounted on a bonbonnière, was sold at Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1986, lot 535.
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BY JANVIER FÉBURIER (FL. 1807-1815), MARKED, WITH THE THIRD STANDARD MARK AND THE EXCISE MARK FOR GOLD PARIS 1798-1809 AND THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE MINIATURE SIGNED 'OLAGNON', POSSIBLY FOR PIERRE-VICTOR OLAGNON (1786- AFTER 1845)
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AN EMPIRE GOLD BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH A MINIATURE IN DIAMOND-BORDERED ENAMEL FRAME
by Janvier Féburier (fl. 1807-1815), marked, with the third standard mark and the excise mark for gold Paris 1798-1809 and the Parisian post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold, the miniature signed 'Olagnon', possibly for Pierre-Victor Olagnon (1786- after 1845)
Circular bonbonnière, the sides and base with panels of engine-turned reeding, the independent lid centred by a glazed oval miniature depicting a young lady called the Countess de Vaudreuil, in white dress with muslin fichu and knotted blue silk ribbon, with powdered high-piled hair, within a lunette applied with floral wreath of silver-mounted rose-cut diamonds on a translucent royal blue enamelled guilloché ground, cover, sides and base framed by a frosted border stamped with trailing foliage and pine-cones
3 1/16 in (78 mm.) diam.
by Janvier Féburier (fl. 1807-1815), marked, with the third standard mark and the excise mark for gold Paris 1798-1809 and the Parisian post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold, the miniature signed 'Olagnon', possibly for Pierre-Victor Olagnon (1786- after 1845)
Circular bonbonnière, the sides and base with panels of engine-turned reeding, the independent lid centred by a glazed oval miniature depicting a young lady called the Countess de Vaudreuil, in white dress with muslin fichu and knotted blue silk ribbon, with powdered high-piled hair, within a lunette applied with floral wreath of silver-mounted rose-cut diamonds on a translucent royal blue enamelled guilloché ground, cover, sides and base framed by a frosted border stamped with trailing foliage and pine-cones
3 1/16 in (78 mm.) diam.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1985, lot 153 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-151).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-151).
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