A SMALL GOLD AND HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE, PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

A SMALL GOLD AND HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE, PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

in the manner of early 18th century Dresden, of shaped hexagonal form, the amazonite lid and body encased within an elaborately-chased Régence gold cagework, a seated putto playing the flute on the lid, the sides with grotesque birds, apparently unmarked

4.8cm., 1⅞in. wide