A CHELSEA THIMBLE painted with an exotic bird on a branch beneath the inscription FIDELLE EN AMITIE in iron-red, the reverse with a bird in flight between gilt borders, the waved rim enriched in green, circa 1760 | Christie's

拍品 156

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A CHELSEA THIMBLE painted with an exotic bird on a branch beneath the inscription FIDELLE EN AMITIE in iron-red, the reverse with a bird in flight between gilt borders, the waved rim enriched in green, circa 1760

细节

A CHELSEA THIMBLE painted with an exotic bird on a branch beneath the inscription FIDELLE EN AMITIE in iron-red, the reverse with a bird in flight between gilt borders, the waved rim enriched in green, circa 1760
1.9cm. high

出版

Edwin F. Holmes, op. cit., p. 74

拍品专文

Cf. the example, similarly painted and inscribed 'Pour Ma Belle', sold in these Rooms on 13 October 1980, lot 109