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A gold and enamel toothpick case, Pierre-Denis Haort, Paris, 1777/1778

Alternate Warehouse

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

elongated oval shape, all sides decorated with borders of carnelian-coloured translucent enamel beads alternating with green leaves, framing translucent blue enamel panels, the lid further centred with floral ornament in the same colour scheme, the interior of the lid fitted with a mirror, illegible maker’s mark, charge and discharge mark of Henri Clavel 1782-1789, Paris date letter O for 1777

9.2cm., 3 ⅝ in. wide

Probably acquired by Alleyne FitzHerbert, Baron St. Helens (1753-1839), in Paris circa 1782-3;

Christie’s Live Auction Lord St. Helen and Sir William Fitzherbert The Collections of a Diplomat and Courtier, 22 January 2009, lot 523

Catalogue of Pictures and Curios at Tissington Hall, 1887, by Ida, daughter of Sir William FitzHerbert, 4th Bt., as a 'Jewelled Sévres toothpick box'

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