Pill box with a portrait miniature of Frederick II
Pill box with a portrait miniature of Frederick II
Embossed and engraved copper, tortoiseshell with gold piqué, gouache on ivory miniature under glass. Of rounded bombé form, the lid with radial relief and piqué decor, the inside with a portrait of Frederick II in a tricorn with the Star of the Order of the Black Eagle. Minimal losses to the piqué. H 2.4, D 4.9 cm.
Germany / possibly Berlin, 2nd quarter / mid-18th C.
Literature
A box with similar decor attributed to "Allemagne ou Italie" in: Los LLanos/Grégoire, Boîtes en or et objets de vertu, Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris 2011, no. 226.
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Pill box with a portrait miniature of Frederick II
Embossed and engraved copper, tortoiseshell with gold piqué, gouache on ivory miniature under glass. Of rounded bombé form, the lid with radial relief and piqué decor, the inside with a portrait of Frederick II in a tricorn with the Star of the Order of the Black Eagle. Minimal losses to the piqué. H 2.4, D 4.9 cm.
Germany / possibly Berlin, 2nd quarter / mid-18th C.
Literature
A box with similar decor attributed to "Allemagne ou Italie" in: Los LLanos/Grégoire, Boîtes en or et objets de vertu, Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris 2011, no. 226.
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