La finesse de la ciselure de cette plaque rappelle le travail de l'atelier strasbourgeois de Jacques-Frédéric Kirstein (actif entre 1795 et 1838). Jacques-Frédéric est le fils de l'orfèvre Jean-Jacques Kirstein (1733-1816). Il complète son apprentissage dans l’atelier de son père mais aussi dans celui de George Frédéric Imlin (1727-1782), et se spécialise dans la ciselure. Excellent dessinateur autodidacte, il affectionne tout particulièrement les scènes de chasse et de bataille et laisse un corpus de dessins important aujourd’hui conservé au Cabinet des dessins et des estampes de Strasbourg. Il acquiert une renommée internationale et ses plaques ciselées seront exportées pour être enchâssées dans des tabatières ou bonbonnières dans tous les grands centres de fabrication de boîtes.
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Mark clear. Small crack in the tortoiseshell of the base and the cover outer side. Some surface splits in the tortoiseshell.
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Lot 9Sale 22460
PEUT-ÊTRE FRANCE, VERS 1820BONBONNIÈRE EN OR ET ÉCAILLE DE TORTUE SERTIE D'UNE PLAQUE EN OREstimate: EUR 3,000 - 5,000
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