A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIR, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1890
A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIR, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1890
of upright form, cut-cornered section, the front and back applied with an earlier miniature of a masonic tomb, inscribed: DAN, the reverse with the date: du 14 novembre 1792 in seed pearls, each oval blue panel framed by rose diamonds, the lid applied in rose diamonds with the motto: souvenir / d'amitié, the scarlet translucent enamel ground over diaper engine-turning and set overall with rose diamond stars within pearl borders to form a glittering whole, the interior complete with ivory memorandum slips, pencil and scoop, apparently unmarked
9.4cm., 3¾in. high
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Provenance:
Pierpont Morgan Collection, no. P.M. 3655;
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sale, Sotheby's, New York, 27 October 1976, lot 531
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A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIR, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1890
of upright form, cut-cornered section, the front and back applied with an earlier miniature of a masonic tomb, inscribed: DAN, the reverse with the date: du 14 novembre 1792 in seed pearls, each oval blue panel framed by rose diamonds, the lid applied in rose diamonds with the motto: souvenir / d'amitié, the scarlet translucent enamel ground over diaper engine-turning and set overall with rose diamond stars within pearl borders to form a glittering whole, the interior complete with ivory memorandum slips, pencil and scoop, apparently unmarked
9.4cm., 3¾in. high
Condition Report:
To request a condition report for this lot, please email Oana.Barbu@sothebys.com
Provenance:
Pierpont Morgan Collection, no. P.M. 3655;
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sale, Sotheby's, New York, 27 October 1976, lot 531
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