FROM THE ESTATE OF A DANISH LADY
A LOUIS XV MINIATURES-SET GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Details
A LOUIS XV MINIATURES-SET GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Paris 1767/1768, maker's mark JB?, with the charge and discharge of Jean-Jacques Prevost
Oval gold box, all sides set with gouache miniatures representing scènes champêtres in the manner of the Van Blarenberghes, the cagework mounts chased with interwoven bands, flowerheads and foliage -- 7.4 cm wide
Paris 1767/1768, maker's mark JB?, with the charge and discharge of Jean-Jacques Prevost
Oval gold box, all sides set with gouache miniatures representing scènes champêtres in the manner of the Van Blarenberghes, the cagework mounts chased with interwoven bands, flowerheads and foliage -- 7.4 cm wide
Provenance
Emma Budge Collection, Hamburg, sold Graupe, Berlin, 27-29 September 1937, lot 352
René Fribourg Collection, New York
The Property of the Fribourg Foundation, part IV sold Sotheby's London, 14 May 1963, lot 312
René Fribourg Collection, New York
The Property of the Fribourg Foundation, part IV sold Sotheby's London, 14 May 1963, lot 312