Lot Essay
An extremely similar box by Drais and de Gault is illustrated in G. Reynolds/K. Baetjer, European Miniatures in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1996, p. 107, no. 77.
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BY PIERRE-FRANOIS DRAIS (FL. 1753-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1778, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1775-1781, THE SIX MINIATURES BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT, TWO SIGNED
Details
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED AND MINIATURES-SET VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Pierre-Franois Drais (fl. 1753-1788), marked, Paris, 1776/1778, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache 1775-1781, the six miniatures by Jacques-Joseph de Gault, two signed
Circular box, the hinged cover and base centred by circular glazed miniatures painted en grisaille with playful putti, the sides inset with four similar rectangular miniaures, all within gold frames chased with band of laurel and set on panels of translucent green enamelled engine-turned grounds, applied with pierced trailing floral scrolls on lid and base and with fluted Corinthian pilasters and floral swags on the sides, the gold borders chased with stylized acanthus
26 in. (65 mm.) diam.
by Pierre-Franois Drais (fl. 1753-1788), marked, Paris, 1776/1778, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache 1775-1781, the six miniatures by Jacques-Joseph de Gault, two signed
Circular box, the hinged cover and base centred by circular glazed miniatures painted en grisaille with playful putti, the sides inset with four similar rectangular miniaures, all within gold frames chased with band of laurel and set on panels of translucent green enamelled engine-turned grounds, applied with pierced trailing floral scrolls on lid and base and with fluted Corinthian pilasters and floral swags on the sides, the gold borders chased with stylized acanthus
26 in. (65 mm.) diam.
Provenance
Baronin Mathilde von Rothschild, Frankfurt am Main.
Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild; Ball/Graupe, Berlin, 23-25 March 1931, lot 305.
Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild; Ball/Graupe, Berlin, 23-25 March 1931, lot 305.