TWO GEORGE III IVORY TOOTHPICK CASES ONE SET WITH AN EYE MINIATURE
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TWO GEORGE III IVORY TOOTHPICK CASES ONE SET WITH AN EYE MINIATURE

CIRCA 1800

细节
TWO GEORGE III IVORY TOOTHPICK CASES ONE SET WITH AN EYE MINIATURE
circa 1800
Two flattened hinged ivory boxes, one rectangular, the lid carved as a grid containing gold piqué point crosses, centred by a gold-mounted circular glazed pleated hair panel concealing an eye miniature opening when a secret gold button at the rear is pressed , the inside of the lid set with a mirror, the inside of the base with three velvet-lined compartments one filled with three small rectangular ivory tablets encrusted with gold trefoils, the other box oblong with rounded ends, the lid centred by an oblong gold-mounted foiled blue opaline glass panel painted with a green leaf surrounded by the gold motto 'JE NE CHANGE QU'EN MOURANT', the interior of the cover set with fitted mirror and the base lined with yellow velvet
3 7/16-3 3/8 in. (87-86 mm.) wide (2)
出版
J. Nimmergut/A.-M. Wager, Miniaturen · Dosen, Munich, 1982, illustrated p. 126 fig. 58 (part), p. 242 fig. 312 (part).
注意事项
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