Christie’s roundel
Lot 123

AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN IVORY-GROUND JEWEL CASKET AND COVER

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE MARK

Closed20 April 2010

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN IVORY-GROUND JEWEL CASKET AND COVER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE MARK
In the neo-rococo taste, the bombé form box surmounted by a crown-shaped finial, painted allover in the manner of Watteau with cartouches of courting couples, flanked by winged putti busts and raised on four scroll feet
11 in. (27.9 cm.) wide, overall