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BY ADOLPHE CHADOUTEAU (FL. FROM 1864), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1865/1870, THE MINIATURES BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), THE COVER AND BASE MINIATURES SIGNED, CIRCA 1790
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A NAPOLEON III VARI-COLOUR GOLD BOÎTE-À-MINIATURES
BY ADOLPHE CHADOUTEAU (FL. FROM 1864), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1865/1870, THE MINIATURES BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), THE COVER AND BASE MINIATURES SIGNED, CIRCA 1790
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, four side panels and base inset with six glazed miniatures depicting oval horizontal blue-painted reserves with bacchanalia en camaïeu surrounded by laurel wreaths held by satyrs, nymphs and putti painted a trompe l'oeil in dark green camaïeu, within vari-colour foliate cagework, the canted corners chased with various trophies
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
BY ADOLPHE CHADOUTEAU (FL. FROM 1864), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1865/1870, THE MINIATURES BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), THE COVER AND BASE MINIATURES SIGNED, CIRCA 1790
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, four side panels and base inset with six glazed miniatures depicting oval horizontal blue-painted reserves with bacchanalia en camaïeu surrounded by laurel wreaths held by satyrs, nymphs and putti painted a trompe l'oeil in dark green camaïeu, within vari-colour foliate cagework, the canted corners chased with various trophies
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Provenance
Baron Henri de Rothschild (1872-1946) Collection, inv. no. FZ31.
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968) Collection, Part II, sold Sotheby's, London, 17 June, 1963, lot 328.
Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1995, lot 73.
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968) Collection, Part II, sold Sotheby's, London, 17 June, 1963, lot 328.
Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1995, lot 73.
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