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BY CATHERINE-ADÉLAÏDE DUPONNOIS ALIAS VEUVE LEFERRE (FL. 1822-1837), MARKED, PARIS, 1822-1837, WITH THE FIRST STANDARD AND EXCISE MARKS FOR GOLD, PARIS, 1819-1838 AND THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CT. GOLD, PARIS, THE MINIATURE FRENCH, CIRCA 1830, AFTER JEAN PETITOT
Details
A FRENCH GOLD-LINED BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE
by Catherine-Adélaïde Duponnois alias Veuve Leferre (fl. 1822-1837), marked, Paris, 1822-1837, with the first standard and excise marks for gold, Paris, 1819-1838 and the Post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 ct. gold, Paris, the miniature French, circa 1830, after Jean Petitot
Rectangular gold-lined black composition box with narrow gold pushpiece, the lid inset with a rectangular blue enamel bordered gold frame stamped with palmettes and scrolls on a matted gold ground, containing an oval enamel miniature depicting Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642) in red robes
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
by Catherine-Adélaïde Duponnois alias Veuve Leferre (fl. 1822-1837), marked, Paris, 1822-1837, with the first standard and excise marks for gold, Paris, 1819-1838 and the Post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 ct. gold, Paris, the miniature French, circa 1830, after Jean Petitot
Rectangular gold-lined black composition box with narrow gold pushpiece, the lid inset with a rectangular blue enamel bordered gold frame stamped with palmettes and scrolls on a matted gold ground, containing an oval enamel miniature depicting Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642) in red robes
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
Provenance
Lebeuf de Montgermont, Galerie George Petit, Paris, 19 June 1919, lot 299.