Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels
Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels
Paul-Victor Lebas
Cameo with Arethusa
Lot Closed
December 15, 11:36 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Paul-Victor Lebas
Paris, fl. 1852 - 1876
Cameo with Arethusa
sardonyx, within a probably 19th-century pearl set gold brooch mount
initialled on the truncation: PL
38mm., 1 1/2 in.
47mm., 1 7/8 in. overall
A cameo with the Prince Impérial, son of Napoleon III, by Lebas is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (inv. no. 40.20.16; formerly Milton Weil collection), and is similarly initialled.