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AN OVAL GILT-COPPER AND PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME ENAMEL MIRROR CASE
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AN OVAL GILT-COPPER AND PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME ENAMEL MIRROR CASE

LIMOGES, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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AN OVAL GILT-COPPER AND PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME ENAMEL MIRROR CASE
LIMOGES, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The enamel plaque with a figure of Mercury to the centre beneath a canopy and flanked by flower-filled vases and urns issuing water beneath; in a hinged, gilt-copper case engraved extensively to the front and sides and containing a later mirror to the interior
3½ in. (9 cm.) high, the plaque; 5 in. (12.8 cm.) overall
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Lot Essay

Another very similar gilt-copper-mounted oval mirror case inset with an enamel panel depicting Mars was formerly in the John Edward Taylor collection of Limoges enamels and was sold by Christie's, London, 2 July 1912, lot 152.

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