A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL BOITE-A-MINIATURES
BY JACQUES BARRIER (FL. 1778-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1784-1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE MINIATURES IN THE MANNER OF THE VAN BLARENBERGHES
Circular bonbonnière, the cover inset with five watercolour and gouache miniatures on paper depicting Rococo manor and garden views with figures, within bright-cut gold mounts on a sablé gold panel with four dividers chased with three-colour gold flower vases and baskets, the sides and base inset with panels of plum-coloured translucent enamel on an engine-turned ground of pellets on horizontal respectively concentric reeding, the lateral four side dividers stamped with husks, the gold borders stamped with pellets alternating with trailing leaves, the inside lined with dark tortoiseshell
2 11/16 in. (69 mm.) diam.
A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL BOITE-A-MINIATURES
BY JACQUES BARRIER (FL. 1778-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1784-1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE MINIATURES IN THE MANNER OF THE VAN BLARENBERGHES
Circular bonbonnière, the cover inset with five watercolour and gouache miniatures on paper depicting Rococo manor and garden views with figures, within bright-cut gold mounts on a sablé gold panel with four dividers chased with three-colour gold flower vases and baskets, the sides and base inset with panels of plum-coloured translucent enamel on an engine-turned ground of pellets on horizontal respectively concentric reeding, the lateral four side dividers stamped with husks, the gold borders stamped with pellets alternating with trailing leaves, the inside lined with dark tortoiseshell
2 11/16 in. (69 mm.) diam.
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