拍品专文
For another gold box by this celebrated goldsmith, see lot 105.
细节
A LOUIS XV GOLD BOÎTE-À-MINIATURES
BY JEAN DUCROLLAY, PARIS, 1758, MARKED AND SIGNED, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF ÉLOY BRICHARD, THE COUNTER-MARK OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN, THE "PETITE RÉCENSE" PARIS 1798-1809 FOR OBJECTS WITH MARKS OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME, AND THE "PETITE GARANTIE D'OR" PARIS 1819-1838
Oval box, the cover, four side panels and the base inset with glazed gouache on paper miniatures depicting peasant scenes inspied by Teniers the younger, the cover and base mounts chased with faceted bands twisted with ribbons, the sides similarly decorated with laurel garlands twisted with ribbons, the flange engraved Ducrollay a Paris
63 mm. wide
BY JEAN DUCROLLAY, PARIS, 1758, MARKED AND SIGNED, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF ÉLOY BRICHARD, THE COUNTER-MARK OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN, THE "PETITE RÉCENSE" PARIS 1798-1809 FOR OBJECTS WITH MARKS OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME, AND THE "PETITE GARANTIE D'OR" PARIS 1819-1838
Oval box, the cover, four side panels and the base inset with glazed gouache on paper miniatures depicting peasant scenes inspied by Teniers the younger, the cover and base mounts chased with faceted bands twisted with ribbons, the sides similarly decorated with laurel garlands twisted with ribbons, the flange engraved Ducrollay a Paris
63 mm. wide
来源
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968) Collection, part I sold Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1962, lot 149.