Sale 8050
New York, Park Avenue
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25 - 26 October 1994
Price realised
USD 207
Estimate
A MENNECY SILVER-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX CIRCA 1750, PUCE D.V MARK TO INSIDE OF FRONT PANEL, THE MOUNTS WITH THE DÉCHARGE OF JULIEN BERTHE, PARIS 1750-56 Moulded allover with basket-weave and painted in colours with scattered flowers, the interior of the cover with a bouquet and sprays (front left corner of cover restored, the box with two cracks)--2¾in. (7cm.) wide
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Cf. Elizabeth Parke Firestone, Christie's New York, March 21-22, 1991, lot 416
Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Estate of MRS. MARSHALL FIELD III
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife