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Property from an important European private collection

A gold, blue glass and pearl portrait box, mid-19th century in earlier taste,

Auction Closed

May 25, 03:15 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

circular, the lid inset with an enamel miniature of the Marquise de Sevigné, after Nanteuil, 19th century, within an interlaced gold and green enamel frame, the ground, base and sides with royal blue glass panels over stamped foil, bordered by split pearls, gold lining, French prestige marks including maker's mark, charge and discharge of Jean-Baptiste Fouache, Paris date letter

7.2cm., 2⅞in. diameter

Christie'’s Geneva, 16 November 1983, lot 568
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, (1626-1696), better known as Madame de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, today mostly remembered for her letters written to her daughter, Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, making her one of the 17th century literary icons in France.