A FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOITE-A-MINIATURE
CIRCA 1780/1800
Circular tortoiseshell box, the independent cover set with a glazed miniature on opaline glass depicting a flourishing harbour with merchants in the foreground and mountains in the distance, painted in the manner of Claude-Joseph Vernet, within waterleaf-chased mount
3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) diam.
A FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOITE-A-MINIATURE
CIRCA 1780/1800
Circular tortoiseshell box, the independent cover set with a glazed miniature on opaline glass depicting a flourishing harbour with merchants in the foreground and mountains in the distance, painted in the manner of Claude-Joseph Vernet, within waterleaf-chased mount
3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) diam.
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