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ENGLISH OR ITALIAN, CIRCA 1720
細節
A GEORGE I GOLD AND TORTOISESHELL PIQUÉ SNUFF-BOX
ENGLISH OR ITALIAN, CIRCA 1720
Flattened rectangular gold box with narrow sides, the hinged cover and base inset with semi-translucent blonde tortoiseshell panels inlaid in gold piqué posé, on the cover Bacchus in his chariot drawn by two leopards and two satyrs, with a satyr chasing a Bacchanal and a bird hovering above, bordered by scrolling gold foliage, the base similarly inlaid with a goat-herder and two goats in a wooded landscape, the gold mounts and sides with reeded rims and engraved with stylized foliage
3 in. (78 mm.) wide
ENGLISH OR ITALIAN, CIRCA 1720
Flattened rectangular gold box with narrow sides, the hinged cover and base inset with semi-translucent blonde tortoiseshell panels inlaid in gold piqué posé, on the cover Bacchus in his chariot drawn by two leopards and two satyrs, with a satyr chasing a Bacchanal and a bird hovering above, bordered by scrolling gold foliage, the base similarly inlaid with a goat-herder and two goats in a wooded landscape, the gold mounts and sides with reeded rims and engraved with stylized foliage
3 in. (78 mm.) wide
來源
Clémentine de Talleyrand-Perigord, Countess Orlowska;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
注意事項
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