Sale 2374
New York
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11 June 2010
Price realised
USD 1,750
Estimate
A CLICHY GLASS MONOGRAMMED PATTERNED MILLEFIORI WEIGHT Mid 19th century Set with a central dark-blue and white circular cog wheel panel inscribed with the initials BG, surrounded by six C-shaped cane garlands, each enclosing a green cane and with six colored canes at the periphery, set on a bed of horizontal latticinio tubing 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Boulle to Jansen - II, Christie's, King Street, London, 12 June 2003, lot 355.
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Another weight of this type from the Meunier-Barandiaran Collection was sold in our Paris Rooms, 16 June 2001, lot 119.
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOT 301)
From an Anatolian idol to images of the Cern nuclear research facility — a whistlestop tour arranged, for your convenience, in chronological order
From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms
The story of the French factory founded in the 18th century, from evolutions in style to the monarchs who gladly waited years for their commissions to be created
European Ceramics specialist Dominic Simpson on porcelain’s first appearance in Europe in the 18th century, which pieces to seek out and how to spot a fake
A guide to the Catalan’s prolific and endlessly creative printmaking oeuvre, illustrated with works offered at Christie’s
The story of the family-run firm that’s been a fixture in New York for 80 years, ahead of a landmark sale of furniture, porcelain, clocks, sculpture and more