A GILT-METAL BOÎTE À MINIATURES, FRENCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 GBP

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY FAIRHAVEN

A GILT-METAL BOÎTE À MINIATURES, FRENCH, LATE 18^TH CENTURY

Rectangular, each side set with gouache miniatures of hunting scenes on copper, by Edmé Charles Lioux de Savignac, one signed, wavy gilt-metal thumbpiece, gilt-metal lining, apparently unmarked; together with a gold-mounted tortoiseshell and horn snuff box, French, late 18^th century, circular, the associated lid set with a fixé sous verre miniature, traditionally identified as the Duc de Choiseul's hunt at Chanteloup, by Edmé Charles Lioux de Savignac, signed on the reverse, apparently unmarked

7.2cm., 2⅞in. wide; 8.3cm., 3¼in. wide

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