Sale 5319
Paris
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11 - 12 April 2006
Price realised
EUR 1,440
Estimate
TROIS OBJETS EN OPALINE 'BLEU DRAPEAU' ET LEUR MONTURE EN METAL DORE DU MILIEU DU XIXEME SIECLE, FRANCE Comprenant: un pot à fard cylindrique et son couvercle, la monture en pomponne et avec une vue de Paris; un autre, plus petit, avec une vue des Invalides; et un flacon à parfum et son bouchon prenant la forme d'un enfant assis dans une fleur Hauteurs: 9,5 cm. (3¾ in.), 7,2 cm. (2¾ in.) et 12,5 cm. (4 7/8 in.) (6)
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Pour une boîte de même couleur, une monture dans le même esprit et une vue des Tuileries, voir par Christine Vincendeau, Les Opalines, Luçon, 1998, p.72.
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Post Lot Text
A MID-19TH CENTURY GILT-METAL-MOUNTED DEEP TURQUOISE POWDER-POT; ANOTHER; AND A SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPER, FRANCE
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