SOPHIE CLÉMENCE DELACAZETTE (FRENCH, 1774-1854)
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SOPHIE CLÉMENCE DELACAZETTE (FRENCH, 1774-1854)

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SOPHIE CLÉMENCE DELACAZETTE (FRENCH, 1774-1854)
A young lady, in black dress with white ruff, a pearl-set comb in her brown hair
signed 'Se<\sup>.... Clc<\sup>e<\sup> Delacazette' (mid-left)
on ivory
oval, 3.3/8 in. (86 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount within a rectangular wooden frame
Provenance
Mlle Féret, Paris.
Paris, Hôtel Drouot, room 1, 20 December 1971, lot 96.
Private Collection, Munich.
With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., in 1999.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 940, illustrated III, pl. 159, no. 295.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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