Lot 95
  • 95

Deux boites rondes à miniature, France, XVIIIe-XIXe siècles

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Deux boites rondes à miniature, France, XVIIIe-XIXe siècles
  • ivory, tortoiseshell, wood
  • Diam. 6cm., 2 3/8 in ; 8.2cm., 3 1/4 in
la première, en ecaille, ornée du portrait d'un gentilhomme à perruque, cerclé d'or, vers 1740;  la seconde, en loupe, probablement de noyer, et écaille, au portrait d'un gentilhomme en cravate blanche, vers 1800, signée Guiton?

Condition

1st: chips and loss to base 2: chips to base, miniature re-glued and ill fitting
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