A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIÈRE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1787, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1780-1782, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE MINIATURE BY HENRI-JOSEPH VAN BLARENBERGHE (1750-1826)
Circular tortoiseshell bonbonnière, the cover set with a circular miniature, on parchment, depicting a fête galante with a musician and revellers in a classical landscape, within a gold and sky-blue enamel mount with entrelac and slightly raised chased foliate sablé borders, the sides and base with similar mounts, in fitted red leather case
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) diameter
A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIÈRE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1787, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1780-1782, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE MINIATURE BY HENRI-JOSEPH VAN BLARENBERGHE (1750-1826)
Circular tortoiseshell bonbonnière, the cover set with a circular miniature, on parchment, depicting a fête galante with a musician and revellers in a classical landscape, within a gold and sky-blue enamel mount with entrelac and slightly raised chased foliate sablé borders, the sides and base with similar mounts, in fitted red leather case
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) diameter
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