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Details
RARE LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER SNUFF-BOX BY FRANÇOIS-THOMAS GERMAIN, PARIS, 1755
Oval set with panels of Japanese maki-e lacquer figuring Mandarin ducks in a pond on the cover and on the underside chrysanthemums over a pond jetty, within gold cagework chased with geometric motifs, gold lined, marked in cover, base and inner flange: charge, date-letter (O and P) and maker; on flange: décharge
Size/Dimensions: 8,4 cm. (3 ½ in.) long
Gross weight: 150.7 gr. (4 oz. 16 dwt.)
Oval set with panels of Japanese maki-e lacquer figuring Mandarin ducks in a pond on the cover and on the underside chrysanthemums over a pond jetty, within gold cagework chased with geometric motifs, gold lined, marked in cover, base and inner flange: charge, date-letter (O and P) and maker; on flange: décharge
Size/Dimensions: 8,4 cm. (3 ½ in.) long
Gross weight: 150.7 gr. (4 oz. 16 dwt.)
Provenance
Erich Baron Max Benedikt von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1894–1987).
Die Sammlung Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild; Ball and Graupe, Berlin, 24 March 1931, lot 295.
Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990).
Her sale; Christie's New York, 19 November 1982, lot 46.
Acquired at S.J. Phillips, London.
Die Sammlung Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild; Ball and Graupe, Berlin, 24 March 1931, lot 295.
Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990).
Her sale; Christie's New York, 19 November 1982, lot 46.
Acquired at S.J. Phillips, London.
Literature
Cf. Snowman, K., Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, p. 77 and pls. 247-249
Cf. Le Corbeiller, C., European and American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830, Battsford 1966 pls. 71-73
Cf. Perrin, C., François-Thomas Germain Orfèvre des Rois, Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau, 1993, p. 50
Cf. Le Corbeiller, C., European and American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830, Battsford 1966 pls. 71-73
Cf. Perrin, C., François-Thomas Germain Orfèvre des Rois, Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau, 1993, p. 50
Exhibited
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of the Goldsmith and the Jeweler, 1968, no. 70.
Brought to you by
Angela Berden
Head of Sale, Senior Specialist