A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED BOITE-A-MINIATURES
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A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED BOITE-A-MINIATURES

BY LOUIS ROUCEL (FL. 1763-1787), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780

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A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED BOITE-A-MINIATURES
BY LOUIS ROUCEL (FL. 1763-1787), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with glazed watercolour miniatures depicting scenes from the harbour at Constantinople, the Acropolis in Athens and views of the Bosphorous, within chased vari-colour leaf borders, in associated black leather case stamped S. J. Phillips
3.1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
Provenance
With S.J. Phillips, London.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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