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A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL SOUVENIR D'AMITIÉ, PROBABLY FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Restricted Species

Auction Closed

July 14, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL SOUVENIR D'AMITIÉ, PROBABLY FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY


in 18th century taste, enamelled in translucent bleu du roi within opaque white dot and translucent green laurel borders applied with rose diamonds and small pearls, the front with oval medallion containing a rose diamond and paste urn, the reverse with initials: JL, the interior complete with ivory writing slips, gold pencil and scissors, apparently unmarked

8.4cm., 3¼in. 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.

With Bernard Franck collection label;

Pierpont Morgan Collection, no. 3690;

the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sale, Sotheby's, New York, 27 October 1976 lot 518