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Lot 21: A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE

Est: £6,000 GBP - £8,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 27, 2007

Item Overview

Description

A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE
BY LOUIS CHARONNAT (FL. 1748-1780), MARKED, PARIS, 1767-68, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-68, THE MINIATURE BY LOUIS NICOLAS VAN BLARENBERGHE (FRENCH, 1716-1794)
circular black composition box, the cover inset with a watercolour and gouache miniature on vellum depicting a harbour scene with figures, ships and a lighthouse, within gold mount surrounded by pierced gold mount on cover, the other gold rims on side and base reeded
3 in. (77 mm.) diam.

Provenance

With Henninger-Tavcar, Pforzheim.

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