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A small gold and enamel snuff box, Paris, 1754 1755
作品估价：GBP 8,000 - 12,000
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A small gold and enamel snuff box, Paris, 1754 1755
拍品描述：
of ingot form, all sides decorated in dark blue basse taille enamel with convolvulus and periwinkle on a polished gold ground, within matching borders on an engraved tracery, the interior of the lid engraved with a presentation inscription reading: 'E.B. to E.H. Novr 21.1827' below a coronet, rubbed marker's mark, charge and discharge mark of Julien Berthe, Paris date letter,
5.5cm., 2 1/8 in. wide
of ingot form, all sides decorated in dark blue basse taille enamel with convolvulus and periwinkle on a polished gold ground, within matching borders on an engraved tracery, the interior of the lid engraved with a presentation inscription reading: 'E.B. to E.H. Novr 21.1827' below a coronet, rubbed marker's mark, charge and discharge mark of Julien Berthe, Paris date letter,
5.5cm., 2 1/8 in. wide
Probably, Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu(c.1711/1712–1775) to her daughter,
Lady Elizabeth Montagu, later Duchess of Buccleuch(1743–1827) to her daughter,
Lady Elizabeth Scott (d.1837) who married Alexander Ramey-Home, 10thEarl of Home (1769-1841),
thence by descent in the collection of the Earls of Home at The Hirsel, Berwickshire.
The engraved inscription is dated the day that Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch died.
A. W. Chisholm,Inventory of Antique Silver, Miniatures, Curious &c. belonging to the Right Hon. The Earl of Home [etc…],Edinburgh, February 1904, […] Content of Cabinets [The Montagu Heirlooms, 'From the Ditton Park Collection’], in Lady Home's Sitting Room, Light Wood Cabinet, p. 54;
Lofts & Warner,Valuation of Jewels, Curiosities, etc at The Hirsel, Coldstream, The Property of the Right Hon. The Earl Home, K.T, London, June 1938, Central Hall, Upright Cabinet, p. 2.
5.5cm., 2 1/8 in. wide
of ingot form, all sides decorated in dark blue basse taille enamel with convolvulus and periwinkle on a polished gold ground, within matching borders on an engraved tracery, the interior of the lid engraved with a presentation inscription reading: 'E.B. to E.H. Novr 21.1827' below a coronet, rubbed marker's mark, charge and discharge mark of Julien Berthe, Paris date letter,
5.5cm., 2 1/8 in. wide
Probably, Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu(c.1711/1712–1775) to her daughter,
Lady Elizabeth Montagu, later Duchess of Buccleuch(1743–1827) to her daughter,
Lady Elizabeth Scott (d.1837) who married Alexander Ramey-Home, 10thEarl of Home (1769-1841),
thence by descent in the collection of the Earls of Home at The Hirsel, Berwickshire.
The engraved inscription is dated the day that Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch died.
A. W. Chisholm,Inventory of Antique Silver, Miniatures, Curious &c. belonging to the Right Hon. The Earl of Home [etc…],Edinburgh, February 1904, […] Content of Cabinets [The Montagu Heirlooms, 'From the Ditton Park Collection’], in Lady Home's Sitting Room, Light Wood Cabinet, p. 54;
Lofts & Warner,Valuation of Jewels, Curiosities, etc at The Hirsel, Coldstream, The Property of the Right Hon. The Earl Home, K.T, London, June 1938, Central Hall, Upright Cabinet, p. 2.