FRENCH, CIRCA 1780, WITH THE RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD, PARIS, 1819-1838, THE MINIATURE BY LOUIS SICARDI

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A LOUIS XVI JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION BOÎTE-À-PORTRAIT
French, circa 1780, with the restricted warranty mark for gold, Paris, 1819-1838, the miniature by Louis Sicardi
Circular green composition box, the independent cover centred by an oval portrait miniature by Louis Sicardi depicting a young Lady wearing a white silk gown with light-blue ribbon, her upswept curly powdered hair tied with a matching bandeau, framed by a pierced rise-cut diamond-set gold and silver-gilt border, the lid, sides and base encrusted with vertical wavy and straight gold piqué posé stripes, the borders set with reeded gold mounts
75 mm. (3 in.) diam.

Provenance

The Collection of Monsieur V. K.; part I, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22-23 May 1935, lot 74, illustrated opp. p. 8.

Lot Essay

Louis Sicardi (1743-1825), one of the most celebrated French miniaturists of the late 18th Century, painted numerous portraits of King Louis XVI which were mounted on jewelled presentations gold snuff-boxes distributed as diplomatic gifts by the service des présents du Roi. The present miniature is a typical specimen of his most inspired period of the early 1780s.

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