Circulaire unie, la monture en or ciselé de filets, le couvercle appliqué d'une miniature sur vélin figurant une fête de village, signée en bas à droite 'Van Blarenberghe', poinçons dans le couvercle et le fond: charge, lettre-date (L) et maître-orfèvre ; sur la gorge: charge, lettre-date (L), maître-orfèvre et décharge, dans un écrin en cuir rouge à motifs dorés
D.: 8,5 cm. (3 3/8 in.)
Poids brut: 162 gr. (5 oz. 4 dwt.)

Vente Bonhams, Bond Street, Londres, 2 juillet 2008, lot 3.

A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE
BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE, PARIS, 1787-1788; THE MINIATURE BY LOUIS-NICOLAS VAN BLARENBERGHE (1716-1794) OR HENRI-JOSEPH VAN BLARENBERGHE (1750-1826)
Circular, the tortoiseshell body with threaded gold mounts and gold lined, the cover set with a watercolour on vellum depicting a village fest, signed to bottom right corner, marked in cover and base; charge, date-letter (L) and maker; on flange: charge, date-letter (L), maker and decharge; in red leather fitted case

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