A pair of gold and enamel bracelet slides

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A pair of gold and enamel bracelet slides
of concave section, each rectangular centre enamelled in bright colours with Cupid felling Venus with his arrow in landscape setting, the pierced borders and reverses enamelled in the style of Gilles Légaré with black and white foliage, flowerheads and formal ornament, each with triple slide fitment, Blois, third quarter of the 17th century, each -- 1 5/8in. (4.3cm) long

Cf: Livre des Ouvrages d'Orfèvrerie fait par Gilles Légaré, Orfèvre du Roi, 1663 pl.7
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