FOUR CONTINENTAL BONBONNIERES
Lot 293

FOUR CONTINENTAL BONBONNIERES

MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 1,500

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FOUR CONTINENTAL BONBONNIERES
MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY
Circular French tortoiseshell-lined white lacquer box, the independent cover set with a watercolour miniature on ivory of a lady in white dress with blue ribbons, gold mounts, Paris circa 1762-1768, marked with the discharge mark of Jean-Jacques Prevost 1762-1768; together with, a circular grey composition box, the independent cover set with a miniature on ivory of a pastoral landscape; together with, a circular papier-mâché box, the cover painted with gilt chinoiserie; together with, a tortoiseshell-lined vernis-martin box, the cover, sides and base painted with the Judgment of Solomon
2 5/8 in. (68 mm.) diam. to 3½ in. (88 mm.) diam. (4)

Specialist note

The 7th Earl in his Inventory suggests that the miniature of a lady perhaps represents a French friend of Georgiana, Countess Spencer.