ID 1027622
Lot 184 | A SET OF FIVE LIMOGES ENAMEL PLAQUES WITH ALLEGORICAL SCENES
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
THE PLAQUES PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, MOUNTED IN A 19TH CENTURY GILTWOOD CASKET
parcel-gilt polychrome enamel; comprising five rectangular plaques with scenes in cartouches inscribed 'POVR AYMER AN / VERTU.V' and 'SPERO.LVCEM'; the polychrome and giltwood casket with four compartments inside and a red velvet lining to the underside of the lid and a drawer to the right side; the underside with a paper label inscribed 'P48 / E de R / 149'
5 ¾ x 10 ½ x 7 ¼ in. (14.5 x 26.7 x 18.2 cm.)
Provenance
Baron Édouard de Rothschild (1868-1949).
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of France after May 1940 (ERR no. R 3932).
Returned to France and restituted to the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Plastic |
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| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Plastic |
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| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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