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A gold-mounted tortoiseshell portrait snuff box, Jacques Petit, charge and discharge marks of Henri Clavel, Paris, 1782
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Jacques Petit, charge and discharge marks of Henri Clavel, Paris, 1782
- diameter 8cm. 3 1/8 in.; 7cm., 2 3/4 in.
circular, the lid inset with a circular miniature of a girl dressed as Hebe, after Richard Cosway, cracked; and a circular ivory box, late 19th century, inset with a decorative miniature of a girl with blonde plaits, inscribed on the reverse
Catalogue Note
The inscription on the second box reads: Galerie de Madrid (Prado) / l'Archiduchesse Marianne d'Autriche