Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY FAIRHAVEN
A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GREEN LACQUER SNUFF BOX, FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY FAIRHAVEN
A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GREEN LACQUER SNUFF BOX, FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
circular, the lid later inset with a miniature depicting elegant figures by a lake, painted on vellum, the box tortoiseshell-lined, apparently unmarked; together with a circular miniature of shepherdesses gathered under a tree listening to a bag piper, in the manner of Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, late 18th century, in a later gilt-metal and white enamel frame
9cm., 3½in. wide; 6cm., 2⅜in. wide
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