A TREASURY OF VERTU: Important Gold Boxes from a Private Family Collection
A TREASURY OF VERTU: Important Gold Boxes from a Private Family Collection
A crystal bonbonnière with gold and enamel mounts, probably French, late 19th century
Auction Closed
December 10, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A crystal bonbonnière with gold and enamel mounts, probably French, late 19th century
in 18th century taste, carved as a seated mother hen with twin chicks tucked under her wings, the lacy gold mount inscribed on white enamel: 'Imitez-les, c'est mon désir', apparently unmarked,
5.4cm. wide