A group of four portrait boxes, French

all circular with miniatures on ivory, comprising a gold-mounted red lacquer box, portrait of a lady with white dress and lacy cap, signed and dated: Monmergue, 1797, tortoiseshell-lined, 7,5 cm., 3in. ; a pink composition box inlaid in gold, lid with miniature of a gentleman, blue coat, white cravat, strawwork lining with coat of arms in lid and base, 6,5 cm., 2 1/2 in.; two blond tortoiseshell boxes with gold piqué decoration, one with miniature of a lady with white dress and blue ribbons, the other with a gentleman in a woodland setting, by Jean-François Tourcaty (né 1763), signed Tourcaty, 17 [?]5, 6,5cm., 2 1/2 in. et 7 cm., 2 3/4 in.

First item: probably Collection Warweck, Vienna, 19 November 1924, cited by L. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Vol. II, 1964, p. 567.

All boxes with more or less damage, piqué loss or loose glass, the miniatures in better condition but some mould under glass
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