Details
The gilt-metal mounted glass box with two-colour and mother-of-pearl posé motifs of architectural landscapes and cities, on the small sides a gardener and a grape picker, with gilt-metal wavy moulded rims and rococo scrolling thumbpiece;
The small lacquer box, ingot-shaped in cagework chased with chevrons, the panels of lacquer decorated with stylised trelliwork centred by a quatrefoil, marked on flange and on cover rim, with later French control marks in use after 1838
338 in. (8,5 cm.) and 278 in. (7,3 cm.)
Total gross weight: 5 oz. 17 dwt. (182 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1996, lot 342 (for the ingot shaped lacquer box).
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