Live Auction 12030OPULENCE .Silver . Gold Boxes . 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIÈRE
Lot 106

A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIÈRE

BY CLAUDE-NICOLAS LAHAYE (FL. 1801-1822), MARKED, PARIS, 1819-1838, THE PLAQUE SIGNED KIRSTEIN, STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1820

Closed29 November 2016

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GBP 5,000

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A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIÈRE
BY CLAUDE-NICOLAS LAHAYE (FL. 1801-1822), MARKED, PARIS, 1819-1838, THE PLAQUE SIGNED KIRSTEIN, STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1820
circular gold-mounted dark tortoiseshell box, the cover inset with a glazed gold plaque finely chased and engraved depicting Napoleon on horseback and hunting boar in high relief, signed 'Kirstein a Strasbourg', within an engraved gold border

3 7/8 in. (99 mm.) diam.

Specialist note

Jacques-Frederick Kirstenstein (1765-1838) flourished during the Empire and Restoration. He was famous for vases, plaques and snuff-box tops in high and low relief. The brilliance of his work was not only in the execution, but in the variety of subjects he accomplished with seldom any duplication. He used the abbreviated signature 'Kirstein' or 'Kirsten'.