Lot 156
Lot 156
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ALBERT MARBER (LOTS 152-175)
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED AND LACQUER MINIATURE-SET SNUFF-BOX

BY LA VEUVE GEORGE ALIAS JEANNE-FRANCOISES TEXIER (D. 1786), MARKED, PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, PARIS COUNTERMARK FOR 1768-1774

Price Realised GBP 15,120
Estimate
GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000
Closed: 22 Sep 2022
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A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED AND LACQUER MINIATURE-SET SNUFF-BOX

BY LA VEUVE GEORGE ALIAS JEANNE-FRANCOISES TEXIER (D. 1786), MARKED, PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, PARIS COUNTERMARK FOR 1768-1774

Price Realised GBP 15,120
Closed: 22 Sep 2022
Price Realised GBP 15,120
Closed: 22 Sep 2022
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Oval box, the cover, sides and base set with black lacquer overlaid with gold strips and hung with laurel garlands, the rims of the cover and the base with chased foliate border, the sides with ovolo border, the cover set with a fixé-sous-verre miniature depicting a harbour scene with family in the foreground after Joseph Vernet
234 in. (70 mm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 November 1943, lot 129.
Albert Marber (1900-1960), then by descent.
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