Round box in ivory (elephantidae spp), the lid finely carved on a blue glass background with seditious decoration depicting Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Madame Elisabeth and the Dolphin, whose profiles frame a neo-classical vase and a weeping willow. On the base of the vase a cartouche bears the inscription "Dom. Amor Antoinette Louis XVI and XVII subject of my love and sorrow" (small accidents). Mid-nineteenth century. High. : 2,5 cm - Diameter : 8 cm. According to family tradition, this box would have been offered by the Baroness of Lachance to Mrs. Eugénie de Luynes.
Estimate
€300 - €500
Result
€1,900
Buyer's premium
25%
Round box in ivory (elephantidae spp), the lid finely carved on a blue glass background with seditious decoration depicting Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Madame Elisabeth and the Dolphin, whose profiles frame a neo-classical vase and a weeping willow. On the base of the vase a cartouche bears the inscription "Dom. Amor Antoinette Louis XVI and XVII subject of my love and sorrow" (small accidents).
Mid-nineteenth century.
High. : 2,5 cm - Diameter : 8 cm.
According to family tradition, this box would have been offered by the Baroness of Lachance to Mrs. Eugénie de Luynes.
Sale
Sunday 1 March 2020・00:00 (Europe/Paris)
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1 ter, boulevard de la République
92210 Saint-Cloud