FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE BARONNE***
A FRENCH GOLD BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE
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A FRENCH GOLD BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE
by Pierre-André Montauban, Paris 1798-1809
Circular box, the independent cover inset with a miniature depicting a family portrait of a young gentleman, a young lady wearing a turban headgear, and four children, the side of the cover engraved with trailing foliage on a sablé ground, a similar border surrounding the engine-turned base forming a checked pattern, the inside of the lid engraved with a Polish dedication inscription -- 89 mm diam.
by Pierre-André Montauban, Paris 1798-1809
Circular box, the independent cover inset with a miniature depicting a family portrait of a young gentleman, a young lady wearing a turban headgear, and four children, the side of the cover engraved with trailing foliage on a sablé ground, a similar border surrounding the engine-turned base forming a checked pattern, the inside of the lid engraved with a Polish dedication inscription -- 89 mm diam.