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FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAIME ORTIZ-PATIÑO
A LOUIS XV STYLE GOLD, ENAMEL AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH CAMEO
BEARING MARKS OF GABRIEL GALLOIS, PARIS, 1738; 19TH CENTURY
Details
A LOUIS XV STYLE GOLD, ENAMEL AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH CAMEO
BEARING MARKS OF GABRIEL GALLOIS, PARIS, 1738; 19TH CENTURY
Oblong cartouche-form, the cover and base set with carnelian panels, the cover centering a carved sardonyx cameo portrait of Philip II of Spain, the gold mounts chased with rococo reserves and matted ground enamelled en plein with sprays of flowers and scrolls, marked inside the flange with charge, date-letter (Y) and maker; on the flange: decharge and various later contremarques
2 5⁄8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
gross weight 2 oz. 17 dwt. (89 gr.)
BEARING MARKS OF GABRIEL GALLOIS, PARIS, 1738; 19TH CENTURY
Oblong cartouche-form, the cover and base set with carnelian panels, the cover centering a carved sardonyx cameo portrait of Philip II of Spain, the gold mounts chased with rococo reserves and matted ground enamelled en plein with sprays of flowers and scrolls, marked inside the flange with charge, date-letter (Y) and maker; on the flange: decharge and various later contremarques
2 5⁄8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
gross weight 2 oz. 17 dwt. (89 gr.)
Provenance
Achille-Marcus Fould (1800-1867), Paris, sold circa 1860.
Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont, Galerie George Petit, Paris, 25 May 1891, lot 40.
The Earl of Harewood.
Jaime Ortiz-Patiño (1930-2013).
The Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection, Part I; Christie's, London, 27 June 1973, lot 14.
Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont, Galerie George Petit, Paris, 25 May 1891, lot 40.
The Earl of Harewood.
Jaime Ortiz-Patiño (1930-2013).
The Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection, Part I; Christie's, London, 27 June 1973, lot 14.
Literature
A. K. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, pl. 166.
A. K. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1990, p. 98, pl. 152-153.
A. K. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1990, p. 98, pl. 152-153.
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Charlotte Young
Associate Director, Specialist