A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER SOUVENIR
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1780
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER SOUVENIR UNMARKED, CIRCA 1780 Painted with red, green, orange and cream stripes, oval inset [portrait miniature of a gentleman below cut-out " Souvenir " mount, reverse with monogram LG below " D'Amitié" , complete with mounted wood pencil and ivory leaf; another Souvenir, probably 18th century but with Austrian control marks for 13 carat gold post 1872, blue-stained ivory inlaid with gold star motifs, foliate-chased mounts, two oval reserves, en grisaille on pink ground, one with 2 female Classical female figures, the other with coat of arms , cut-out mounts "Souvenir D'Amitié" ; a Continental gold-mounted circular tortoiseshell box, 2nd. half of 18th century, ivory panel in cover carved with lock of hair and flowers inscribed "Réunis comme dans mon coeur" ; interior with inscribed gold panel " Souvenir de ma mère J. Cvd: Muelen et de mon fils G.Wv. Balveren" and a silver-mounted mother-of-pearl circular snuff box, probably Dutch, mid-18th century, carved on cover with courting couple and chaperone seated under a tree First item 3 ½ in. long (9.5 cm.)
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER SOUVENIR
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1780
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER SOUVENIR UNMARKED, CIRCA 1780 Painted with red, green, orange and cream stripes, oval inset [portrait miniature of a gentleman below cut-out " Souvenir " mount, reverse with monogram LG below " D'Amitié" , complete with mounted wood pencil and ivory leaf; another Souvenir, probably 18th century but with Austrian control marks for 13 carat gold post 1872, blue-stained ivory inlaid with gold star motifs, foliate-chased mounts, two oval reserves, en grisaille on pink ground, one with 2 female Classical female figures, the other with coat of arms , cut-out mounts "Souvenir D'Amitié" ; a Continental gold-mounted circular tortoiseshell box, 2nd. half of 18th century, ivory panel in cover carved with lock of hair and flowers inscribed "Réunis comme dans mon coeur" ; interior with inscribed gold panel " Souvenir de ma mère J. Cvd: Muelen et de mon fils G.Wv. Balveren" and a silver-mounted mother-of-pearl circular snuff box, probably Dutch, mid-18th century, carved on cover with courting couple and chaperone seated under a tree First item 3 ½ in. long (9.5 cm.)
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