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A RED MOROCCO LEATHER WALLET ENCLOSING A NOTEBOOK AND AN IVORY MINIATURE, JOHANN MARIA MONSORNO, CIRCA 1810 | A red morocco leather wallet enclosing a notebook and an ivory miniature, Johann Maria Monsorno, circa 1810

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1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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描述

  • wallet 1 x 13.4 x 8.7 cm., miniature 6.2 x 4.9 cm.
the front and reverse with entwined banner and snake motif and tooled gold corners, the interior with two pockets, one set with a gold-framed rectangular miniature of Maximilian Joseph, Archduke of Austria-Este, wearing a white uniform with a red collar and black stock, and the star and badge of the Teutonic Order, the notebook with dedication to Count Catinelli, in Italian, signed: Massimiliano, further inscribed: Vienna, with later pencilled notes of attribution MN 1626PNB 845

來源

Carlo Catinelli (1780-1869);
Prince Victor Napoléon (1862-1926);
Prince Louis Napoléon (1914-1997)

出版

Related literature Bernardo Falconi, Fernando Mazzocca & Anna Maria Zuccotti, Giambattista Gigola 1767–1841 e il ritratto in miniatura a Brescia tra Settecento e Ottocento, Geneva/Milan, 2001

Condition

Leather showing signs of wear commensurate with age; one gold appliqué detached; pencil fastener lacking; booklet now held in place by elastic. Miniature: has extensive pinpoint white mould overall and a little surface dust.
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