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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX THE INTERIOR SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BERTIN (FL. 1740-1771), MARKED, PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, LATER STRUCK WITH A DUTCH REVENUE MARK, THE MINIATURE OF CHARLES FREDERICK, MARGRAVE OF BADEN-DURLACH (1728-1811), GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
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A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX THE INTERIOR SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BERTIN (FL. 1740-1771), MARKED, PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, LATER STRUCK WITH A DUTCH REVENUE MARK, THE MINIATURE OF CHARLES FREDERICK, MARGRAVE OF BADEN-DURLACH (1728-1811), GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
oval box, the cover, sides and base inlaid with semi-translucent amber strips mounted within chased gold bands, the cover set with trapezoidal strips radiating from a later central oval cast gold plaque depicting an allegorical scene of mathematics within a chased gold frame, the base similarly set and with a central plaque chased with scrolling ribbons, chased and pierced outer gold borders, the interior of the cover inset with a watercolour on vellum portrait miniature of Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1728-1811) wearing the Order of the Garter and the Maltese Cross, in original brown leather case
3¼ in. (81 mm.) wide
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BERTIN (FL. 1740-1771), MARKED, PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, LATER STRUCK WITH A DUTCH REVENUE MARK, THE MINIATURE OF CHARLES FREDERICK, MARGRAVE OF BADEN-DURLACH (1728-1811), GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
oval box, the cover, sides and base inlaid with semi-translucent amber strips mounted within chased gold bands, the cover set with trapezoidal strips radiating from a later central oval cast gold plaque depicting an allegorical scene of mathematics within a chased gold frame, the base similarly set and with a central plaque chased with scrolling ribbons, chased and pierced outer gold borders, the interior of the cover inset with a watercolour on vellum portrait miniature of Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1728-1811) wearing the Order of the Garter and the Maltese Cross, in original brown leather case
3¼ in. (81 mm.) wide
Provenance
Lempertz, Cologne, 18/19 October 2006.
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