Fabergé, Gold Boxes & Vertu | Including the Castle Howard Collection

A gold, enamel and ivory boite-à-miniatures, Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette, Paris, 1789,

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May 16, 02:24 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 CHF

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Lot Details

Description

oval, the lid and base inset with glazed oval portrait miniatures painted on ivory, circle of van Blarenberghe, representing a lively village festival including figures dancing to the music by a violinist on a pedestal, the hustle and bustle around a set table and a young man being expelled from the village, within gold frames, outer translucent dark blue enamel borders, the sides decorated with dark blue taille d'épargne scrollwork around flowerheads, maker's mark, charge and discharge mark of Jean-François Kalendrin, rubbed Paris date letter P for 1789,

8.3cm., 3 1/4 in. wide

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