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A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL PIQUE-POSE AND TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE

PARIS, CIRCA 1770

Name: A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL PIQUE-POSE AND TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE
Brand: PARIS, CIRCA 1770
Price: 1000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 1,260

Estimate

GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

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A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL PIQUE-POSE AND TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE

PARIS, CIRCA 1770

Price Realised GBP 1,260

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

Price Realised GBP 1,260

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

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Circular box of tortoiseshell, inlaid all over in vari-colour gold and mother-of-pearl piqué-posé in a peacock feather and star pattern, the cover set with a watercolour miniature on card or vellum of a landscape after Joseph Vernet
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) diameter

The Hon. William Frederick Barton Massey-Mainwaring (1845-1907),
Massey-Mainwaring Collection; Christie's, London, 14 March 1907, lot 468.
with Frank Partridge, London, 15th July 1943,
Albert Marber (1900-1960), then by descent.
The Late Albert Marber; Christie's, London, 8-22 September 2022.

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Lot Essay

The miniature set on the cover is a view of Tivoli after one of Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) most celebrated paintings for François de Régny (1706-1779), French Consul in Genoa. This painting was later engraved by Pietro Martini (1738-1797) in the 1770s (see L. Lagrange, , with the texts from the and some other unpublished documents, Paris 1864, p. 475) and given the imagined title: View of Spoleto.
Vernet became the reference point throughout Europe for landscape and marine paintings sought after by wealthy European collectors. This View of Tivoli was without question one of the most striking examples of his mature work and was painted when he was at the peak of his career, in 1753.
Tivoli became one of the most depicted sites favoured by 18th century painters and by visitors on the Grand Tour.

engraving after Joseph Vernet (French, Avignon 1714â€“1789 Paris) by Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, Trescali 1738-1797 Parma) circa 1770 © The Metropolitan Museum, New York.

A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED AND LACQUER SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE

BY LA VEUVE GEORGE ALIAS JEANNE-FRANCOISES TEXIER (D. 1786), PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, PARIS COUNTERMARK FOR 1768-1774

EstimateGBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

Closed

Lot 573

A GEORGE II GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIERE

LONDON, CIRCA 1750-1760; WITH LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK FOR OLD FOREIGN OBJECTS

EstimateGBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed

Lot 574

A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE

BY CHARLES LE BASTIER (FL. 1754-1783), PARIS, 1769/1770 AND BY JEAN-JOSEPH BARRIERE (FL. 1763-1793), PARIS, 1783/1784, WITH PARTIALLY LEGIBLE WORKSHOP NUMBER; THE MINIATURE SIGNED 'TRESCA f.' FOR GUISEPPE TRESCA (ITALIAN, FL. C. 1770-1816)

EstimateGBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

Closed

Lot 575

A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED POUDRE D'ECAILLE SNUFF-BOX

BY JEAN PARIS, PARIS, 1776-1777

EstimateGBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000

Closed

Lot 576

AN ART DECO GOLD CIGARETTE CASE

BY PAYTON, PEPPER AND SONS LIMITED, CHESTER, 1923, 9 CARATS

EstimateGBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed

Lot 577

A FRENCH TWO-COLOUR GOLD POCKET SNUFF-BOX

BY SIMON-ACHILLE LEGER, PARIS, 1820-1826

EstimateGBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed

Lot 578

A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX

MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800

EstimateGBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed

Lot 579

A PAIR OF BACCARAT RUBY RED GLASS DOUBLE CARP VASES

LATE 19TH CENTURY

EstimateGBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000

Closed

Lot 301

A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD FIGURAL CONSOLES

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

EstimateGBP 6,000 - GBP 9,000

Closed

Lot 302

THOMAS BREMOND (ACTIVE 1855)

A Cricket Match, with Canford Manor beyond

EstimateGBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000

Closed

Lot 303

A COMPOSITE COZZI PORCELAIN PART DINNER-SERVICE

CIRCA 1775, VARIOUS RED AND BROWN ANCHOR MARKS

EstimateGBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

Closed

Lot 304

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN CLOCK

CIRCA 1775-80

EstimateGBP 2,000 - GBP 4,000

Closed

Lot 305

FOLLOWER OF MICHELE MARIESCHI

Venice, the Rialto Bridge, seen from the North with the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi and the Fabbriche Vecchie di Rialto

EstimateGBP 15,000 - GBP 20,000

Closed

Lot 306

A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT BOMBE SECRETAIRE-CABINET

CIRCA 1725

EstimateGBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000

Closed

Lot 307

AN ASSEMBLED VINCENNCES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PART TEA SERVICE

1755-56, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS B & C, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR DENIS LEVE AND VINCENT TAILLANDIER, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS AND NUMERALS

EstimateGBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

Closed

Lot 308

ARTHUR DEVIS(PRESTON 1712-1787 BRIGHTON)

Group portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster (1714-1778) with his brothers and sisters, in a landscape

EstimateGBP 120,000 - GBP 180,000

Closed

Lot 309

SIX SEVRES PORCELAIN COFFEE-CUPS AND SAUCERS

SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, INTERLACED BLUE L MARKS, DATE CODES FOR 1762, 1780, 1781 AND 1784, VARIOUS PAINTER'S MARKS

EstimateGBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed

Lot 310

A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONY DOMESTIC LONGCASE REGULATOR

BARWISE & SONS, LONDON, CIRCA 1820

EstimateGBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed

Lot 311

ARTHUR DEVIS(PRESTON 1712-1787 BRIGHTON)

Group portrait of the sons of Thomas Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster (1660-1723) and Albinia Farrington (1689-1745), with their maternal uncle, Thomas Farrington (1687-1758)

EstimateGBP 70,000 - GBP 100,000

Closed

Lot 312