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A LOUIS XV TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOÎTE À MINIATURES

Lot 32
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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£ 78 120
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1450980
Lot 32 | A LOUIS XV TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOÎTE À MINIATURES
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A LOUIS XV TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOÎTE À MINIATURES
BY PIERRE-FRANCOIS DRAIS, PARIS, 1768
Rectangular with cut corners, the lid, sides and base set with gouache subjects on vellum within gold cagework chased with alternating acanthus and stylised ovolo, marked in cover, base and side with charge and décharge marks of Julien Alaterre, date letter (E) maker's mark; on flange with contremarque for 1774-1780, décharge des ouvrages vieux for 1780-1782, décharge des petits ouvrages d'or et d'argent for 1782-1789, contremarque 1789-1792; and later French control mark; with Rothschild collection label RG 41 / X. 52. in cover
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) long
gross weight 3 oz. 6 dwt. (104 gr.)




Provenance

Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), Paris, then by descent to
Baron Robert de Rothschild (1880-1946), Paris, then by descent to
Baron Elie de Rothschild (1917-2007), Paris.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s Monte Carlo, 25 June 1976, lot 494.
Auction Art Rémy Lefur et Associés, Paris, 2 December 2022, lot 17.
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