BY CLAUDE-NICOLAS LAHAYE (FL. 1801-1822), MARKED, PARIS, 1819-1838, THE PLAQUE SIGNED KIRSTEIN, STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1820

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A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIÈRE
BY CLAUDE-NICOLAS LAHAYE (FL. 1801-1822), MARKED, PARIS, 1819-1838, THE PLAQUE SIGNED KIRSTEIN, STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1820
circular gold-mounted dark tortoiseshell box, the cover inset with a glazed gold plaque finely chased and engraved depicting Napoleon on horseback and hunting boar in high relief, signed 'Kirstein a Strasbourg', within an engraved gold border

3 7/8 in. (99 mm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Jacques-Frederick Kirstenstein (1765-1838) flourished during the Empire and Restoration. He was famous for vases, plaques and snuff-box tops in high and low relief. The brilliance of his work was not only in the execution, but in the variety of subjects he accomplished with seldom any duplication. He used the abbreviated signature 'Kirstein' or 'Kirsten'.

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