A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOR GOLD BOITE-A-MINIATURES

BARTHLMY PILLIEUX, PARIS 1774

Details

A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOR GOLD BOITE-A-MINIATURES
Barthlmy Pillieux, Paris 1774
Rectangular, with canted corners, the base, sides and cover with gouache miniatures of harbor scenes in various weather, marked inside base, sides and cover and with dcharge of Fouache & Compant on bezel
3 in. (7.62 cm.) long

Provenance

Kugel, Paris

Lot Essay

The miniatures are attributable to Edm-Charles de Lioux de Savignac (fl. 1764-1789), after Joseph Vernet. An oval box with similar marine scenes signed by Lioux de Savignac is in the collection of the Muse du Louvre, illustrated in Serge Grandjean, Les Tabatires du Muse du Louvre, 1981, cat. no. 58.

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