Style Paris : Orfèvrerie et boîtes en or

Style Paris : Orfèvrerie et boîtes en or

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 333. A gold, enamel and ivory portrait snuff box, Marc Souchay, Hanau, circa 1790 | Tabatière à portrait en or, émail et ivoire par Marc Souchay, Hanau, vers 1790.

A gold, enamel and ivory portrait snuff box, Marc Souchay, Hanau, circa 1790 | Tabatière à portrait en or, émail et ivoire par Marc Souchay, Hanau, vers 1790

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July 8, 12:33 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A gold, enamel and ivory portrait snuff box, Marc Souchay, Hanau, circa 1790


oval, the lid applied with a an oval portrait miniature of lady wearing a red-ribboned hat, French school, painted on ivory, within gold paillon frame, on a translucent blue enamel ground over striped engine-turning, within opaque white enamel and gold bands, further framed by paillon borders of stylised pale blue tulips and quatrefoils within leafy scrolls, French prestige marksincluding maker's mark MC and charge mark of Julien Alaterre, right rim with Hanau bird head 18ct gold control mark, in a later fitted velvet-lined leather case

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Tabatière à portrait en or, émail et ivoire par Marc Souchay, Hanau, vers 1790


de forme ovale, le couvercle orné d'un portrait ovale miniature, école française, peint sur ivoire, représentant une dame portant un chapeau à ruban rouge, dans un cadre de paillons dorés, sur fond d'émail bleu translucide et guilloché, dans un entourage en émail blanc translucide et bandes dorées, encadré par des bordures en paillon de tulipes stylisées bleu pâle et de quadrilobes dans des rinceaux feuillagés, poinçon de prestige français incluant le poinçon d'orfèvre MC et le poinçon de charge de Julien Alaterre, bord droit avec poinçon de contrôle en or 18ct de la tête d'oiseau de Hanau, dans un étui postérieur à la forme en maroquin doublé de velours



8.2cm., 3 1/4 in. wide

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Veuillez noter que ce lot contient de l’ivoire d’éléphant et que conformément au règlement européen 2021/2280 du 16 décembre 2021, l’exportation de biens contenant cette matière hors de l’UE est interdite. Sotheby’s sera en mesure de délivrer à l’acquéreur le certificat intracommunautaire concernant ce bien.


Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory the export of which outside the EU is now prohibited pursuant to European regulation 2021/2280 of 16 December 2021. Sotheby's will be able to provide the buyer with the intra-community certificate attached to this item


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