Lot 84
  • 84

Tabatière en or de quatre tons et émail, probablement Allemagne, vers 1835

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • applied with an enamel plaque painted with a basket of summer flowers within chased rosettes and acanthus, blue taille d'épargne borders, the interior later fitted as a vanity case with four gold-lidded compartments and mirror, prestige marks including FJ in script in a shield
  • Long. 8,8 cm
  • 3 1/2 in wide
le couvercle serti d'une plaque d'émail peinte: un panier de fleurs, dans un décor de rosaces et feuilles d'acanthe, les faces sur fond guilloché à raies parallèles, la bordure bleue en taille d'épargne, l'intérieur postérieur monté en boîte à poudre,  poinçons de prestige dont un FJ? dans un blason

Condition

Excellent condition. There are tiny losses to silvering at the back of the mirror, otherwise in good order. The interior fittings are of very high quality. Left side rim numbered: 1819.
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