Lot 710
  • 710

A Louis XIV ormolu-mounted, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, brass and pewter-inlaid Boulle marquetry casket circa 1700

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • mother-of-pearl, rosewood, tortoiseshell, brass, pewter, bronze
  • height 5 1/4 in.; width 13 1/2 in.; depth 10 in.
  • 13.5 cm; 34.5 cm; 25.5 cm
decorated en première-partie, the hinged canted rectangular domed top with concave sides mounted with foliate-cast ormolu bands and opening to a rosewood interior, the outswept sides of the domed top decorated with brass rosette-studded lattice pattern against a tortoiseshell background with each side centered by a roundel enclosing busts and pairs of birds and fitted with acanthus-cast ormolu mounts at the corners, the sides of the base depicting putti in landscapes and fitted with foliate-cast ormolu mounts at the corners, raised on short foliate-cast ormolu feet.

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, Collection of Mrs. Virginia Chambers, New York, October 31, 1981, lot 279

Sotheby's New York, The Keck Collection, La Lanterne, Bel Air, December 5-6, 1991, lot 8 

Condition

Mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlay with small age cracks and scattered areas of infill with the largest areas back side. Ormolu with rubbing at edges and corners, traces of oxidation and surface dirt. Some minor scattered surface dents; not extensive. Very minor losses to tortoiseshell. Losses to penwork of mother-of-pearl inaly. Rubbing to brass inlay. With later clear lacquer. In good condition.
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