拍品 504
  • 504

A GOLD AND BLOND TORTOISESHELL BOÎTE À BALLON, NAPLES, CIRCA 1750 | A gold and blond tortoiseshell boîte à ballon, Naples, circa 1750

估價
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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描述

  • 7cm., 2 3/4 in. diameter
of bun form, richly inlaid overall in gold piqué posé et point with scrolls and husks enclosing multiple areas of stripes, scale netting and starry firework-like explosions, gold hinge and thumbpiece, unmarked

Condition

Very good condition for this type of work. Minor losses to piqué, particularly on the base and one short crack of circa 1.8 cm length to the tortoisehell on the right side of the base, visible on the interior but less so on the exterior, and two cracks (one curved and deeper than the other) to the back side of the base left of the mount
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