Lot 287
  • 287

Trois bonbonnières rondes en écaille à montures d'or, France, vers 1780

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
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Description

  • gold & tortoiseshell & ivory
la première, en écaille brune, ornée d'une miniature représentant une fête villageoise, diam. 4.8 cm, 1 7/8 in ; les deux suivantes à décor d'étoiles en or piqué, l'une au couvercle orné d'un médaillon brodé d'un monogramme en or sur soie blanche, l'autre au couvercle orné d'un médaillon en or ciselé d'une rosace, diam. 6,5 cm ; 2 1/2 in

Provenance

Bonbonnière avec monogrammme: ancienne Collection Félix Doistau, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 18 & 19 juin, 1928

Condition

First: damp to miniature, pins missing to mounts. Second: a few pins missing but overall good condition third: pins missing and mounts detached;
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