Details
A GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE
Paris 1775-1781, with the export discharge mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache, the miniature attributed to Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe
Circular box, the independent cover set with a miniature on parchment depicting a fête champêtre with a castle in the background; the gold mounts stamped with flowers and leaves; the sides and base of translucent honey-coloured lacquer on an engine-turned paillon ground -- 79 mm diam.
Paris 1775-1781, with the export discharge mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache, the miniature attributed to Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe
Circular box, the independent cover set with a miniature on parchment depicting a fête champêtre with a castle in the background; the gold mounts stamped with flowers and leaves; the sides and base of translucent honey-coloured lacquer on an engine-turned paillon ground -- 79 mm diam.
Provenance
J. Pierpont Morgan Collection, New York