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BY JEAN DUCROLLAY (FL. 1734-1761), MARKED, PARIS, 1753/1754 AND 1754/1755, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-1756 AND THE COUNTER-MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762
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A LOUIS XV JEWEL-SET AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Jean Ducrollay (fl. 1734-1761), marked, Paris, 1753/1754 and 1754/1755, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe 1750-1756 and the counter-mark of Eloy Brichard 1756-1762
Ingot-shaped Chinoiserie box engraved with interwoven bands, the slightly raised cover enamelled with a scene of a lady in a garden holding a parrot and attended by three servants, the base with a lady fishing on an island, a Chinaman rowing a boat in the background, the front side wall with a seated Chinaman and a boy with bottles in a basket, the rear wall with an archer shooting a bird, the ends with Chinamen taming and hunting exotic birds, the surrounding foliage in translucent emerald-green basse-taille enamel, the raised scrolling silver-gilt thumbpiece reeded and studded with old-mine cut diamonds
3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
by Jean Ducrollay (fl. 1734-1761), marked, Paris, 1753/1754 and 1754/1755, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe 1750-1756 and the counter-mark of Eloy Brichard 1756-1762
Ingot-shaped Chinoiserie box engraved with interwoven bands, the slightly raised cover enamelled with a scene of a lady in a garden holding a parrot and attended by three servants, the base with a lady fishing on an island, a Chinaman rowing a boat in the background, the front side wall with a seated Chinaman and a boy with bottles in a basket, the rear wall with an archer shooting a bird, the ends with Chinamen taming and hunting exotic birds, the surrounding foliage in translucent emerald-green basse-taille enamel, the raised scrolling silver-gilt thumbpiece reeded and studded with old-mine cut diamonds
3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
Provenance
Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820-1886), Frankfurt am Main.
Thence by descent to The Lord Rothschild, G.B.E., G.M., F.R.S.; his sale of Highly Imporant Gold Boxes, Christie's, London, 30 June 1982, lot 54.
The Property of a European Collector; Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1995, lot 105.
With Sapjo, Monte-Carlo, 1999, acquired by
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-234).
Thence by descent to The Lord Rothschild, G.B.E., G.M., F.R.S.; his sale of Highly Imporant Gold Boxes, Christie's, London, 30 June 1982, lot 54.
The Property of a European Collector; Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1995, lot 105.
With Sapjo, Monte-Carlo, 1999, acquired by
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-234).
Literature
F. Luthmer, Führer durch die Freiherrlich K. von Rothschild'sche Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt am Main, 1890, VI, p. 96, no. 5.
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