La technique d'applications d'insectes, fleurs et autres motifs tous très symboliques sur des boîtes en pierres dures est généralement attribuée à l'atelier de Friedrich Ludwig Hoffmann et Friedrich Hoffmann F., actifs à Berlin à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Elle s'inscrit dans la tradition de la décoration en relief sur pierre dure, reliefmosaik, commencée à la cour de Frédéric le Grand à Berlin grâce aux riches gisements de minéraux de la Saxe. Cette technique sera ensuite reprise dans différents centres de production prouvant la popularité de ces boîtes en pierres dures porteuses de messages symboliques.
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PROBABLEMENT ALLEMAGNE, FIN XVIIIE-DEBUT DU XIXE SIECLE, LES MONTURES EN OR AVEC POINCONS 18K ET MAITRE-ORFEVRE 'OS' NON IDENTIFIETABATIERE EN PIERRES DURES, PIERRES PRECIEUSES ET OREstimate: EUR 8,000 - 12,000
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Marks legible. One flower possibly reglued. One diamond missing from a flower' centre. Tiny section of a branch now lacking. Some natural imperfections in the stone.
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PROBABLEMENT ALLEMAGNE, FIN XVIIIE-DEBUT DU XIXE SIECLE, LES MONTURES EN OR AVEC POINCONS 18K ET MAITRE-ORFEVRE 'OS' NON IDENTIFIETABATIERE EN PIERRES DURES, PIERRES PRECIEUSES ET OREstimate: EUR 8,000 - 12,000
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