AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND COLOURED SHELL BOÎTE-A-MINIATURES
BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DRAIS (FL. 1763-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1770/1771, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775, THE MINIATURES BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), THE COVER AND BASE MINIATURES SIGNED 'J.J. DE GAULT'
AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND COLOURED SHELL BOÎTE-A-MINIATURES BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DRAIS (FL. 1763-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1770/1771, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775, THE MINIATURES BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), THE COVER AND BASE MINIATURES SIGNED 'J.J. DE GAULT' rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coloured shell, each centred with an oval glazed miniature on gouache, finely painted en grisaille on a slate-coloured ground with scenes from classical mythology and playful putti, at the four corners with vases set on columns, within chased vari-colour gold foliate borders, the eight side pilasters similarly decorated, in original leather case 3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide
AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND COLOURED SHELL BOÎTE-A-MINIATURES
BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DRAIS (FL. 1763-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1770/1771, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775, THE MINIATURES BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), THE COVER AND BASE MINIATURES SIGNED 'J.J. DE GAULT'
AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND COLOURED SHELL BOÎTE-A-MINIATURES BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DRAIS (FL. 1763-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1770/1771, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775, THE MINIATURES BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), THE COVER AND BASE MINIATURES SIGNED 'J.J. DE GAULT' rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coloured shell, each centred with an oval glazed miniature on gouache, finely painted en grisaille on a slate-coloured ground with scenes from classical mythology and playful putti, at the four corners with vases set on columns, within chased vari-colour gold foliate borders, the eight side pilasters similarly decorated, in original leather case 3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide
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