Lot 532
  • 532

A GOLD AND ENAMEL ETUI AND TWO PLAQUETTES, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1800 |

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • length of first 4 3/4 in.
  • 12 cm
the etui with bouquet on translucent blue ground, maker’s mark incuse IF crowned; an oval plaque of a couple in a glade, maker’s mark incuse FJ; and a semi-circular example of a portrait painter in his studio, maker’s mark crossed S

Condition

Minor border chips to first, others good
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Catalogue Note

For a discussion of these makers and their probable location of Hanau, see Enamels of the World: The Khalili Collections, pp. 301-303.