A Chelsea gold-mounted bonbonnière circa 1760

modelled as a lady's head wearing a ruffled cap tied with a green ribbon, the later French gold hinged mount inscribed in white enamel L'AMOUR ET LES RIPPE JOUENNE SUR SON VISAGE and set with a moss agate cover, the mount with maker's mark CV in a lozenge, last quarter 19th century, and gold control eagles mark. Together with a similarly-modelled Chelsea silver-gilt-mounted patch box, the interior painted with scattered flower sprays, the later hinged silver cover engraved with strapwork. 2 pieces.

Bonbonnière: there is an approximate 1-in. fine haircrack running up from the edge on one side. Patch box: there is a small filled chip to the edge issuing a fine haircrack running from the edge at the top of the head into the edge of the forehead.
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Similar lady's head bonbonnières are illustrated in Yvonne Hackenbroch, Chelsea and Other Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, pl. 69, fig. 214, G. E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, color pl. 49, no.4, and William King, Chelsea Porcelain, pl. 46, fig 1. Other examples were in the collection of Mr. Leonard Harrison, illustrated in Reginald Blunt, The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery, pl. 19, no. 314, and subsequently sold at Sotheby's London, May 11 1971, lot 170; and in the collection of Nelson A. Rockefeller, sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, April 11, 1980, lot 20.