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BY JEAN-SIMON HUGUET (FL. 1752-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755
細節
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN-SIMON HUGUET (FL. 1752-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755
oval gold-lined box, the cover, sides and base of composition, probably papier-mâché covered with foil under a yellow-gold shellac varnish, painted in oils depicting putti amidst clouds, with flowers and birds surrounded by trailing green foliage, chased gold mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
BY JEAN-SIMON HUGUET (FL. 1752-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755
oval gold-lined box, the cover, sides and base of composition, probably papier-mâché covered with foil under a yellow-gold shellac varnish, painted in oils depicting putti amidst clouds, with flowers and birds surrounded by trailing green foliage, chased gold mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
來源
The Ortiz-Patino Collection of Highly Important French Gold Boxes, part II., Christie's, London, 27 November 1973, lot 4.
出版
C. Truman, The Wallace Collection of Gold Boxes, London, 2013, p. 87, Fig. 11.1.
榮譽呈獻
Dido Penny