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PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1800, THE MINIATURE LATER, BEARING SIGNATURE 'VAN BLARENBERGHE PT'
Details
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
probably Dresden, circa 1800, the miniature later, bearing signature 'Van Blarenberghe Pt'
Oval jasper snuff-box, the lid inset with an oval gouache on vellum miniature under bevelled glass, depicting a village feast with peasants dancing and drinking, a group of noblemen with their servant and horse; church and buildings beyond; within bright-cut gold mounts, wavy slightly raised plain gold thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
probably Dresden, circa 1800, the miniature later, bearing signature 'Van Blarenberghe P
Oval jasper snuff-box, the lid inset with an oval gouache on vellum miniature under bevelled glass, depicting a village feast with peasants dancing and drinking, a group of noblemen with their servant and horse; church and buildings beyond; within bright-cut gold mounts, wavy slightly raised plain gold thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Provenance
The Property of a European Collector; Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1995, lot 97.
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