Description
Oval snuffbox in yellow gold and polychrome enamels. Beautiful decoration in full on each face of a couple discussing with an old woman or of a shepherdess resting surprised by a young man. Frieze in frame and reserves on the edge with floral decoration in low size. Master goldsmith : Jean Baptiste Bertin. Paris, 1757. Jean Baptiste Bertin. Received Master in 1740, worked rue St Louis in 1748, died in 1771. H. 3,4 cm - L. 7 cm - l. 5,2 cm Weight : 164,4 gr. Provenance : Collection Arturo Lopez-Willshaw Collection Neville Hamwee Collection J.Ortiz-Patiño Collection, then its sale at Christie's, London, 26 June 1974, reproduced in the catalogue under number 19 Bibliography A.Kenneth Snowman, Eighteeth century gold boxes of Paris, a catalogue of the J.Ortiz-Patiño Collection, reproduced page 69 under number 29.
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Oval snuffbox in yellow gold and polychrome enamels. Beautiful decoration in full on each face of a couple discussing with an old woman or of a shepherdess resting surprised by a young man. Frieze in frame and reserves on the edge with floral decoration in low size. Master goldsmith : Jean Baptiste Bertin. Paris, 1757. Jean Baptiste Bertin. Received Master in 1740, worked rue St Louis in 1748, died in 1771. H. 3,4 cm - L. 7 cm - l. 5,2 cm Weight : 164,4 gr. Provenance : Collection Arturo Lopez-Willshaw Collection Neville Hamwee Collection J.Ortiz-Patiño Collection, then its sale at Christie's, London, 26 June 1974, reproduced in the catalogue under number 19 Bibliography A.Kenneth Snowman, Eighteeth century gold boxes of Paris, a catalogue of the J.Ortiz-Patiño Collection, reproduced page 69 under number 29.
