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Lot 157: A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE

Est: $9,800 USD - $12,600 USD
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 06, 2001

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Description

by Charles Le Bastier (fl. 1754-1783), Paris, 1768/1769, with the charge and export discharge marks of Julien Alaterre, with inventory number 1661, the miniature by Jean-Baptiste Weyler (1747-1791) Oval box, the cover, sides and base enamelled in translucent green within translucent blue enamel borders, the lid applied with an oval enamel miniature of a young lady with a blue ribbon in her high-piled powdered curly long hair, within a reeded gold mount with ribbon-tie surmount, the base centred by an oval reserve with engraved and parcel-enamelled flower basket within a blue enamelled border, the side panels with taille d'‚pargne flower swags parcel-enamelled in blue and white, the oval side dividers with similar flowersprays, the white enamelled borders with engraved gold bands twisted around translucent green enamel stripes 2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) wide NOTES For another very similar enamel miniature by Weyler, see S. Coffin/B. Hofstetter, The Gilbert Collection. Portrait Miniatures in Enamel, London, 2000, p. 112.

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Auction Details

IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU

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Christie's
November 06, 2001, 12:00 AM EST

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