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拍品 293
FOUR CONTINENTAL BONBONNIERES
MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY
已結束2010年7月8日
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GBP 1,500
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FOUR CONTINENTAL BONBONNIERES
MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY
Circular French tortoiseshell-lined white lacquer box, the independent cover set with a watercolour miniature on ivory of a lady in white dress with blue ribbons, gold mounts, Paris circa 1762-1768, marked with the discharge mark of Jean-Jacques Prevost 1762-1768; together with, a circular grey composition box, the independent cover set with a miniature on ivory of a pastoral landscape; together with, a circular papier-mâché box, the cover painted with gilt chinoiserie; together with, a tortoiseshell-lined vernis-martin box, the cover, sides and base painted with the Judgment of Solomon
2 5/8 in. (68 mm.) diam. to 3½ in. (88 mm.) diam. (4)
MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY
Circular French tortoiseshell-lined white lacquer box, the independent cover set with a watercolour miniature on ivory of a lady in white dress with blue ribbons, gold mounts, Paris circa 1762-1768, marked with the discharge mark of Jean-Jacques Prevost 1762-1768; together with, a circular grey composition box, the independent cover set with a miniature on ivory of a pastoral landscape; together with, a circular papier-mâché box, the cover painted with gilt chinoiserie; together with, a tortoiseshell-lined vernis-martin box, the cover, sides and base painted with the Judgment of Solomon
2 5/8 in. (68 mm.) diam. to 3½ in. (88 mm.) diam. (4)
FOUR CONTINENTAL BONBONNIERES
MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY
Circular French tortoiseshell-lined white lacquer box, the independent cover set with a watercolour miniature on ivory of a lady in white dress with blue ribbons, gold mounts, Paris circa 1762-1768, marked with the discharge mark of Jean-Jacques Prevost 1762-1768; together with, a circular grey composition box, the independent cover set with a miniature on ivory of a pastoral landscape; together with, a circular papier-mâché box, the cover painted with gilt chinoiserie; together with, a tortoiseshell-lined vernis-martin box, the cover, sides and base painted with the Judgment of Solomon
2 5/8 in. (68 mm.) diam. to 3½ in. (88 mm.) diam. (4)
MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY
Circular French tortoiseshell-lined white lacquer box, the independent cover set with a watercolour miniature on ivory of a lady in white dress with blue ribbons, gold mounts, Paris circa 1762-1768, marked with the discharge mark of Jean-Jacques Prevost 1762-1768; together with, a circular grey composition box, the independent cover set with a miniature on ivory of a pastoral landscape; together with, a circular papier-mâché box, the cover painted with gilt chinoiserie; together with, a tortoiseshell-lined vernis-martin box, the cover, sides and base painted with the Judgment of Solomon
2 5/8 in. (68 mm.) diam. to 3½ in. (88 mm.) diam. (4)
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Catalogue of Snuff Boxes at Althorp, 1937, nos. 16, 37, 86 and 120.
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The 7th Earl in his Inventory suggests that the miniature of a lady perhaps represents a French friend of Georgiana, Countess Spencer.