A Jeweled Gold, Enamel and Ivory Boite-à-Miniature, 19th Century with an Earlier Miniature

oval, the lid set with a an earlier portrait miniature of Louis XVI wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit, signed and dated: Sicardy, 1784 to left, for Louis Marie Sicardi, painted on ivory, in a double rose-cut diamond-set frame, on a sparkling tobacco-coloured enamel ground, within opaque white enamel scrollwork borders, the gold mounts further decorated with brightly-enamelled flower garlands, the sides and base similarly decorated with further laurel dividers, French prestige marks

Length 3 ⅛ in.

8 cm

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