Lot 47
  • 47

tabatière en or en forme de cartouche, vers 1740

Estimate
6,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • tabatière en or en forme de cartouche, vers 1740
  • gold
  • Long. 7,5 cm ; 3 in
le dessus ciselé d' un chasseur à cheval et de son chien, le dessous ciselé d'un lévrier attaquant un sanglier, ceint de bordures ciselées de rinceaux, la bâte ornée de petites réserves représentant des paysages alternant avec du gibier, apparemment non poinçonnée

the lid chased with a mounted huntsman and eager hound, the base with a hound attacking a boar within similar scroll borders, the sides with small landscape vignettes alternating with beasts of the chase, the thumbpiece and reverse with shells and leaves, apparently unmarked


Provenance

The property of a Lady, Sotheby's London, 21 June 1982, lot 76

Catalogue Note

Although very much in Paris taste, this box is unmarked. It could therefore originate from a number of places, most notably England, Germany or Flanders.