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Important Gold Boxes from a Private European Family Collection

Five porcelain thimbles, probably Meissen, probably circa 1735, and later

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May 16, 02:16 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 CHF

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Lot Details

Description

each moulded with indentations to the upper part, comprising: two with bands of iron-red flowers or trelliswork to the upper section and quayside scenes painted below; one painted with figures in a landscape within shaped gilt-edged quatrefoil cartouches on a turquoise-ground, scalloped rim; one painted en camaïeu purple with figures hunting in a forest landscape, the top with a turquoise-ground medallion with trellis; and one painted with a continuous scene of figures in landscape, the top painted with a single violet flower, all with richly gilt interiors,


each 1.8 cm; ¾ in. high approx.

Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was detected on two examples, a result consistent with later manufacture; on the remaining example there was no green enamel to test.