Lot 37
  • 37

boîte à miniature en or de quatre tons par C.M. Weishaupt, Hanau, début du XIXe siècle

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • boîte à miniature en or de quatre tons par C.M. Weishaupt, Hanau, début du XIXe siècle
  • gold, enamel, gouache
  • Long. 9,5 cm, 3 3/4 in
le couvercle orné d'une gouache peinte à la manière des van Blarenberghe, un rendez-vous au parc, les fines bordures émaillées de bleu, le dessous orné d'un médaillon ciselé d'un cerf, sur un fond guilloché ceint de bordures ciselées en or coloré

the lid inset with a gouache miniature painted in the manner of the van Blarenberghe family with a rendez-vous in a park, narrow blue enamel border, the base with chased stag medallion, ornamental engine-turned ground within coloured gold chased borders


Condition

miniature in very bad condition, worn, and with crust and mould, miniature appears to be painted on gold.
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