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A gold boite-à-miniature, probably English, circa 1710/15

Lot Closed

May 26, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A gold boite-à-miniature

probably English, circa 1710/15


of oval shape, the slightly domed polished lid decorated with an oval ornament of leafy foliage around a stylised Maltese cross on a sablé ground, engraved with a crest, the underside similarly decorated, the interior of the lid later inset with a portrait miniature of a lady, attributed to Mrs Anne Mee, née Foldstone, circa 1795, 

8.5cm., 3 3/4 in. high