拍品 139
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A FINE LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD AND GLASS PRESENTATION BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE
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A FINE LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD AND GLASS PRESENTATION BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE

BY PIERRE-CHARLES MANÉ (FL. 1777-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE MINIATURE BY JEAN-BAPTISTE JOSEPH LE TELLIER (1759 - AFTER 1812), LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

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A FINE LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD AND GLASS PRESENTATION BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE
by Pierre-Charles Mané (fl. 1777-1793), marked, Paris, 1784/1785, with the second charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1782-1789, the miniature by Jean-Baptiste Joseph Le Tellier (1759 - after 1812), later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold
Circular foiled light blue opaline glass and gold box, the independent cover centred by a glazed oval miniature depicting the Duc de Brissac (1734-1792), wearing armour bordered with red frills, a red cloak over his right shoulder, decorated with the blue moiré silk sash and the silver breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, white stock and frilled lace cravat, powdered wig and black wig-bag, within a reeded gold mount, the opaline glass painted sous verre with blue foliage on an engine-turned oyster-pink opalescent foil radiating sunburst ground, the four side panels similarly decorated with romantic landscapes against sunset grounds, the base with a hunting party on a radiating sunburst ground, the matted gold mounts adorned with husks interspersed with roses and stylized flowerheads chased in two-colour gold, the original hinged green shagreen case lined with velvet and silk
2 13/16 in. (72 mm.) diam. (2)
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拍品专文

Louis-Hercule-Timoléon de Cossé, Duc de Brissac, was the governor of Paris. A former neighbour of the Comtesse Dubarry (see lot 102) at Versailles Castle, he started his famous affair with her in 1782. In 1792, Brissac was arrested by the Revolutionaries and imprisoned in Orléans. When he and his fellow prisoners were transferred to Versailles, they were massacred by a mob. Brissac's head was mutilated, stuck on a stake and thrown on the carpet of his mistress. Countess Dubarry was soon consoled by the Duc de Rohan-Chabot. Nevertheless, when during her later imprisonment at Sainte-Pélagie Prison, only one prisoner could escape, Countess Dubarry sacrificed herself to save the life of Madame de Mortemart, Brissac's daughter.
Another gold box with miniature of the Duc de Brissac was sold Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1993, lot 85, and for another bonbonnière by Mané, see lot 138.