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A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIR, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1890

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Auction Closed

July 14, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIR, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1890

of upright form, cut-cornered section, the front and back applied with an earlier miniature of a masonic tomb, inscribed: DAN, the reverse with the date: du 14 novembre 1792 in seed pearls, each oval blue panel framed by rose diamonds, the lid applied in rose diamonds with the motto: souvenir / d'amitié, the scarlet translucent enamel ground over diaper engine-turning and set overall with rose diamond stars within pearl borders to form a glittering whole, the interior complete with ivory memorandum slips, pencil and scoop, apparently unmarked

9.4cm., 3¾in. high

This lot contains ivory. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with CITES licence applications where a buyer elects to either collect or arrange their own shipping, nor will Sotheby's assist with the international movement of ivory by air, either as freight or through hand carry.

Pierpont Morgan Collection, no. P.M. 3655;

the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sale, Sotheby's, New York, 27 October 1976, lot 531