拍品 59
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A NAPOLÉON III ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A NAPOLÉON III ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

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A NAPOLÉON III ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK "MN" IN A HORIZONTAL LOZENGE, WITH THE FRENCH POST-1838 WARRANTY MARK
Large rectangular box, the cover, four sides and base inset with six enamel plaques depicting rural interior scenes, the three-colour gold cagework chased with trailing flowers, foliage, knotted ribbons and trophies on a matted ground
91 mm. wide

拍品专文

The enamel plaque on the lid is inspired by de Launay's etching after Jean-Honoré Fragonard's painting The Little Preacher, and the scene on the front wall by de Launay's engraving of 1777 after Fragonard's Rustic Interior.