A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED BOITE-A-MINIATURES
BY LOUIS ROUCEL (FL. 1763-1787), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with glazed watercolour miniatures depicting scenes from the harbour at Constantinople, the Acropolis in Athens and views of the Bosphorous, within chased vari-colour leaf borders, in associated black leather case stamped S. J. Phillips
3.1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED BOITE-A-MINIATURES
BY LOUIS ROUCEL (FL. 1763-1787), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with glazed watercolour miniatures depicting scenes from the harbour at Constantinople, the Acropolis in Athens and views of the Bosphorous, within chased vari-colour leaf borders, in associated black leather case stamped S. J. Phillips
3.1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide