A French silver-mounted wood miniature lantern

WITH ASSAYMASTERS MARK FOR ETIENNE DE BOURGES, CHARLES YVON, ARMAND PILLAVOINE OR CHARLES CORDIER, PARIS, CIRCA 1720

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A French silver-mounted wood miniature lantern
With assaymasters mark for Etienne de Bourges, Charles Yvon, Armand Pillavoine or Charles Cordier, Paris, circa 1720
Circular and with moulded borders, with silver hinge, hook and rosette shaped mounts, with paper concertina body printed with flowers, marked on hinge and hook
3in. (9cm.) diam.

拍場告示

Please note that the illustration has been incorrectly numbered as 256

拍品專文

The fleur de lys mark is the mark used by the assaymasters Etienne de Bourges, Charles Yvon, Armand Pillavoine and Charles Cordier (1717-1722) on small pieces not struck with a charge mark, (see M. Bimbenet-Privat and G. de Fontaines, La Datation de L'Orfvrerie Parisienne sous L'ancien Rgime, Paris, 1995, no 332