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POSSIBLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893
Details
A CONTINENTAL LOUIS XV-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
POSSIBLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of dark-blue translucent enamel over chevron-pattern engine-turning, each set with an oval enamel grisaille plaque painted in the manner of Boucher, with Venus, attendants and putti floating in clouds and making floral garlands to deck an altar, within outer borders chased with scrolls, flowers and rocaille
3.½ in. (88 mm.) long
POSSIBLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of dark-blue translucent enamel over chevron-pattern engine-turning, each set with an oval enamel grisaille plaque painted in the manner of Boucher, with Venus, attendants and putti floating in clouds and making floral garlands to deck an altar, within outer borders chased with scrolls, flowers and rocaille
3.½ in. (88 mm.) long
Provenance
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty Kt. (1875-1968), engineer, art collector and philanthropist.
Sir A Chester Beatty; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1962, lot 159.
Sir A Chester Beatty; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1962, lot 159.