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Lot 1835
Sale 2352 - Fine English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 5, 2011
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$700
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Collection of Continental snuff, bon-bon, and trinket boxes 19th century, mostly French
Comprising seven of circular form, with reverse glass printed lids depicting ladies in costume opening to a paper interior (one to a tortoiseshell interior); one similar but in the shape of a book; a larger example of similar form, the glass lid worked to show a youth in a landscape with a silk backing; a toleware cigarette tin painted to show a maiden; together with a small oval portrait miniature depicting Marie Antoinette; a painted lacquered circular box lid panel; and a wallpaper covered wooden jewellery box. (13).
Various sizes