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THE BOX ENGLISH, CIRCA 1820-1824, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893, THE MINIATURE FRENCH, CIRCA 1820
Details
A GEORGE IV GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A FRENCH MINIATURE
the box English, circa 1820-1824, struck with two French import marks for gold 1864-1893, the miniature French, circa 1820
Rectangular black composition box with rounded corners and concave sides, the cover centred by a glazed circular miniature depicting Louis XVIII (1755-1824), King of France 1814/15-1824, facing right in blue uniform with gold epaulettes, white stock with lace cravat, decorated with the blue moiré sash and silver breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, and the badges of the Royal French Orders of the Legion of Honour and St Louis, within a reeded gold mount, narrow gold rims, scrolling foliate gold thumbpiece
3 5/16 in. (84 mm.) wide
the box English, circa 1820-1824, struck with two French import marks for gold 1864-1893, the miniature French, circa 1820
Rectangular black composition box with rounded corners and concave sides, the cover centred by a glazed circular miniature depicting Louis XVIII (1755-1824), King of France 1814/15-1824, facing right in blue uniform with gold epaulettes, white stock with lace cravat, decorated with the blue moiré sash and silver breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, and the badges of the Royal French Orders of the Legion of Honour and St Louis, within a reeded gold mount, narrow gold rims, scrolling foliate gold thumbpiece
3 5/16 in. (84 mm.) wide
Provenance
Jean Pozzi; (+) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 November 1970, lot 2.
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