Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume V : L’Écrin
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume V : L’Écrin
A decorative gold and mother-of-pearl snuff box, 19th century in earlier taste
Auction Closed
October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A decorative gold and mother-of-pearl snuff box, 19th century in earlier taste
rectangular, all sides formed of shimmering mother-of-pearl panels carved with scrollwork reminiscent of waves in the sea, set with reeded scrolling lozenges and elongated reeded scrolls, the gold cagework mounts chased with c-scrolls, each side centred with a shell, one slightly protruding as a thumbpiece, French prestige marks,
weight: 159.1 g
length 3⅛in.; 8cm
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Tabatière décorative en or et nacre, XIXe siècle dans le goût du XVIIIe siècle
rectangulaire, les faces en panneaux de nacre sculptés de rinceaux rappelant les vagues de la mer, sertis de losanges et de rinceaux, les montures en or ciselé, chaque face centrée d'une coquille, l'une d'elles légèrement saillante formant appui-pouce, poinçons apocryphes
weight: 159.1 g
length 3⅛in.; 8cm
Christie's Geneva, 10 November 1987, lot 307;
Axel Vervoordt, Belgium;
Kunsthandel Albrecht Neuhaus, Würzburg, Germany;
Christie's London, 10 June 2010, lot 258.
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Christie's Genève, 10 novembre 1987, lot 307;
Axel Vervoordt, Belge;
Kunsthandel Albrecht Neuhaus, Wurtzbourg, Allemagne;
Christie's Londres, 10 juin 2010, lot 258.