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Lot 22: A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 27, 2007

Item Overview

Description

A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE
THE MINIATURE BY LOUIS NICOLAS VAN BLARENBERGHE (FRENCH, 1716-1794)
circular tortoiseshell box, the cover centred with an oval watercolour and gouache miniature on vellum depicting the crowd at Boulevard du Temple, Paris, with figures and horse-drawn carriages, within gold mount, reeded gold rims on cover, sides and base
3 in. (76 mm.) diam.

Provenance

According to a note accompanying the box, presented by the Prince of Denmark, later King Christian VIII, to Antoine Morellet, Danish Consul in Genoa, 1819.

Auction Details

Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

by
Christie's
November 27, 2007, 12:00 AM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK