細節
A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY PIERRE-ANDRÉ BARBIER (FL. 1764-1776), MARKED, PARIS, 1764-1765, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PRÉVOST 1762-1768
Oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent green enamel on a scale-pattern engine-turned ground, within scrolling polished gold and green enamel outer borders, the sides later hung with gold foliate garlands between chased foliate pilasters, the cover centred with an oval grisaille pink enamel miniature depicting three putti within a later gold foliate wreath surround, the interior cover later engraved with the inscription 'FROM / HER MAJESTY QUEEN CHARLOTTE / TO / COLONEL PETER RYVES HAWKER, / 1st TROOP OF HORSE GUARDS'
3 3⁄8 in. (86 mm.) wide
來源
Presented by Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), consort of King George III (1760-1820) to Lieutenant Colonel Peter Ryves Hawker (d.1790), of Longparish House, Hampshire and 1st Troop of Horse Guards, bodyguards to the monarch.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1996, lot 348.
French & English Furniture from a Distinguished Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 24 October 2017, lot 25.
注意事項
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.