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Lot 609
FOUR LOUIS XVI SNUFF BOXES
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Closed22 June 2011
Price Realised
EUR 1,750
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FOUR LOUIS XVI SNUFF BOXES
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a turned ivory box, the lid inset with a glazed grisaille roundel allegorical of love, the interior lined with tortoiseshell, the base fitted with a thread and inset with a portrait of a man to the reverse - 8 cm. diam.; a silver-mounted vernis-martin decorated papier mache box, with tortoiseshell lining, depicting Venus at her toilet - 8 cm. diam.; a vernis-martin decorated silver-mounted tortoiseshell lined papier mache box - with gold and white stripes centred by a cut-metal framed embossed paper roundel of a putto carrying flowers - 6.4 cm. diam.; And a brown lacquer tortoiseshell lined box, the lid inset with a minature of a lady holding a birdcage - possibly painted on marble - 7.7 cm. diam.
Together with a turned ivory snuff-box, probably German, circa 1830, the lid inset with a miniature of a lady - 7.9 cm. (5)
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a turned ivory box, the lid inset with a glazed grisaille roundel allegorical of love, the interior lined with tortoiseshell, the base fitted with a thread and inset with a portrait of a man to the reverse - 8 cm. diam.; a silver-mounted vernis-martin decorated papier mache box, with tortoiseshell lining, depicting Venus at her toilet - 8 cm. diam.; a vernis-martin decorated silver-mounted tortoiseshell lined papier mache box - with gold and white stripes centred by a cut-metal framed embossed paper roundel of a putto carrying flowers - 6.4 cm. diam.; And a brown lacquer tortoiseshell lined box, the lid inset with a minature of a lady holding a birdcage - possibly painted on marble - 7.7 cm. diam.
Together with a turned ivory snuff-box, probably German, circa 1830, the lid inset with a miniature of a lady - 7.9 cm. (5)
FOUR LOUIS XVI SNUFF BOXES
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a turned ivory box, the lid inset with a glazed grisaille roundel allegorical of love, the interior lined with tortoiseshell, the base fitted with a thread and inset with a portrait of a man to the reverse - 8 cm. diam.; a silver-mounted vernis-martin decorated papier mache box, with tortoiseshell lining, depicting Venus at her toilet - 8 cm. diam.; a vernis-martin decorated silver-mounted tortoiseshell lined papier mache box - with gold and white stripes centred by a cut-metal framed embossed paper roundel of a putto carrying flowers - 6.4 cm. diam.; And a brown lacquer tortoiseshell lined box, the lid inset with a minature of a lady holding a birdcage - possibly painted on marble - 7.7 cm. diam.
Together with a turned ivory snuff-box, probably German, circa 1830, the lid inset with a miniature of a lady - 7.9 cm. (5)
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a turned ivory box, the lid inset with a glazed grisaille roundel allegorical of love, the interior lined with tortoiseshell, the base fitted with a thread and inset with a portrait of a man to the reverse - 8 cm. diam.; a silver-mounted vernis-martin decorated papier mache box, with tortoiseshell lining, depicting Venus at her toilet - 8 cm. diam.; a vernis-martin decorated silver-mounted tortoiseshell lined papier mache box - with gold and white stripes centred by a cut-metal framed embossed paper roundel of a putto carrying flowers - 6.4 cm. diam.; And a brown lacquer tortoiseshell lined box, the lid inset with a minature of a lady holding a birdcage - possibly painted on marble - 7.7 cm. diam.
Together with a turned ivory snuff-box, probably German, circa 1830, the lid inset with a miniature of a lady - 7.9 cm. (5)
Part of this lot is illustrated in G.A. Brongers, Van gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp, Amerongen, 1978, p. 98 and p. 106
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.