Lot Essay
For other versions of this topic extensively exploited by the Swiss enamellers, see Sotheby's, Geneva, 6 May 1981, lot 200, and Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4 November 1981, lot 85.
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'Cherchez la petite souris': two ladies secretly measuring a little mouse hiding in the lap of a sleeping youth, concealed by his hat
Details
THE MUSSARD WORKSHOP, CIRCA 1730/1740
'Cherchez la petite souris': two ladies secretly measuring a little mouse hiding in the lap of a sleeping youth, concealed by his hat
enamel on copper
rectangular, 1 13/16 x 2½ in. (46 x 64 mm.), silver-gilt bezel
'Cherchez la petite souris': two ladies secretly measuring a little mouse hiding in the lap of a sleeping youth, concealed by his hat
enamel on copper
rectangular, 1 13/16 x 2½ in. (46 x 64 mm.), silver-gilt bezel
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis