MARIE-GABRIELLE CAPET (FRENCH, 1761-1818)
A girl, in a floral woodland landscape, in white Empire dress with frilled collar, upswept fair hair held with a pearl-set comb; trees and pink rose bush in background
signed and dated 'm.gabrielle Capet 1817' (mid-right)
on ivory
2¼ in. (58 mm.) diam., gold-mount, set on the lid of a blonde tortoiseshell Louis XVI bonbonnière decorated with gold piqué posé stars and pellets
MARIE-GABRIELLE CAPET (FRENCH, 1761-1818)
A girl, in a floral woodland landscape, in white Empire dress with frilled collar, upswept fair hair held with a pearl-set comb; trees and pink rose bush in background
signed and dated 'm.gabrielle Capet 1817' (mid-right)
on ivory
2¼ in. (58 mm.) diam., gold-mount, set on the lid of a blonde tortoiseshell Louis XVI bonbonnière decorated with gold piqué posé stars and pellets
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