Property of a private European collection
A jewelled gold and mother of pearl carnet de bal, in mid-18th century style, 19th century
Lot Closed
November 15, 02:09 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
A jewelled gold and mother of pearl carnet de bal, in mid-18th century style, 19th century
of upright rectangular form, both sides formed of carved mother of pearl panels applied with chased gold rocaille ornaments set with emeralds and rubies and hung with floral garlands, gold spine and ruby-topped gold pencil, silk-lined interior, one of the pages containing a printed coat-of-arms for Bernard Franck, unmarked apart from later post-1918 French eagle’s head control mark
9.2 cm., 3⅝in. high
Ulrich Pietsch, Preziosen einer süddeutschen Kunstsammlung, Hirmer, Munich, 2001, p. 144
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