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A LOUIS XV STYLE MINIATURES-SET VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BEARING PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING A MAKER'S MARK CROWNED A?O, TWO DATE-LETTERS
Oval box, the lid, four side panels and base inset with six glazed gouache miniatures mounted à cage within borders chased with trophies of Gardening, Love and Music interspersed with garlands and baskets of flowers, all on a stamped and matted ground, the miniatures depicting La mangeuse de raisins after Boucher, gallants and their ladies at the grape harvest, catching quails, playing pipes and other rural activities
84 mm. wide
BEARING PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING A MAKER'S MARK CROWNED A?O, TWO DATE-LETTERS
Oval box, the lid, four side panels and base inset with six glazed gouache miniatures mounted à cage within borders chased with trophies of Gardening, Love and Music interspersed with garlands and baskets of flowers, all on a stamped and matted ground, the miniatures depicting La mangeuse de raisins after Boucher, gallants and their ladies at the grape harvest, catching quails, playing pipes and other rural activities
84 mm. wide
Provenance
The Property of a Gentleman
Sold Sotheby's, Zurich, 7 November 1975, lot 67
Sold Sotheby's, Zurich, 7 November 1975, lot 67