Lot Essay
The decoration on the cover is inspired by Fragonard's oil painting in the Wallace Collection, London.
FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE BARONNE ***
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL CASKET
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A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL CASKET
circa 1860/1870
Rectangular casket with bombé front and rear wall, with concave corners, of slightly tapering form, with reeded gold mounts, the cover applied with chased gold on the carved mother-of-pearl ground with a scene depicting a Love Fountain, after Fragonard, the sides similarly decorated with mythological scenes -- 72 mm high
circa 1860/1870
Rectangular casket with bombé front and rear wall, with concave corners, of slightly tapering form, with reeded gold mounts, the cover applied with chased gold on the carved mother-of-pearl ground with a scene depicting a Love Fountain, after Fragonard, the sides similarly decorated with mythological scenes -- 72 mm high