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Period: 18th Century
Gold box with cut sides
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular gold box with cut sides. The hinged gold lid is adorned with concentric lines framed by a floral frieze of foliage on amati gold background. The frame is composed of four...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Antique 18th Century Locket Pendant Silver Metal Oriental Seedpearls Stickpin
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This lovely tiny 18th century pendant Locket was crate out 14 katat gold. The outline of the little jewel is decorated with natural seed pearls, one pearl is currently missing but wi...
Category
European George III Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Empire Quizzing Glass Forged Iron Polished Cut Steel
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This Iron quizzing glass was crated towards the end of the eighteenth century in France. The large round split ring indicates that it was to be worn on a chain. Thirty two round stee...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Cut Steel
Antique Georgian 1760s 18K Gold, White Enamel & Grey Agate Etui or Needle Case
Located in Staines-Upon-Thames, GB
A Georgian gold, enamel and agate needle case or etui, comprising a needle case in polished grey agate, with an inscription in white enamel, with floral detailing in 18 karat yellow ...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Enamelled gold Swiss box. Late 18th century.
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular enamelled gold box. The hinged lid is decorated with a scene of young people dressed in neoclassical clothing and approaching near an altar where officiates a person dres...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Three-Tone Gold Oval Enamel Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Three-tone gold oval enamel snuff box with with repoussé gold work of musical instruments
Enamel plaque center
Circa late 18th century - early 19th century, Switzerland
Weight: 76.5g...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Very Rare 18th Century Micro Mosaic Depicting a Goldfinch Bird
Located in New York, NY
Very rare 18th century Micro Mosaic Depicting a Goldfinch Bird.
Measurements:
Without frame approximately 5.5 in x 6.5 inches
With frame approximately 8.44 x 9.63 inches.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
German Gold & Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
German gold & porcelain snuff box
Maker's Mark F(-) Crowned, Hanau Circa 1780, - Struck with the Hanau Town Mark for 18k Gold and a mark
resembling the Par...
Category
German Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Beautiful 18th C Thomas Hawley European Gilt Bronze & White Marble Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent 18th Century English Gilt Bronze and White Marble Clock. Clock is Beautifully Comprised with a Bird Form Finial over the Circular dial with Arabic Numerals, flanked by ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Antique Abraham Portal Sugar Bowl Dish Spoon Set Solid Yellow Gold circa 1779
Located in Holland, PA
18k Solid Yellow Gold Set of Antique Sugar Bowl, Dish and Spoon by Abraham Portal circa 1779.
Abraham Portal's 18th century sugar dish, bowl, and spoon set, crafted from 18k gold, is...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Yellow Gold
M. Fitaihi presents "Sallo Aleyih" from the Safawi School
Located in Jeddah, SA
Calligraphy - Islamic Art
USP: 1-of-1 exclusively handcrafted piece
Material used: Canvas, mahogany wood, hand gliding
Artwork Design Style of Modern School
Size: 60 x 60 cm
Category
Saudi Arabian Art Deco Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Agate Mouse Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Agate Mouse Snuff Box.
Made Circa 1760.
Crafted from grey agate carved in the form of a mouse. This snuff-box features a rose gold mount. With a thumbpiece embellished with diamon...
Category
German Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold
Agate Lamb Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Agate Lamb Snuff Box.
Made circa 1750.
A snuff box carved from brown agate depicting a reclining lamb, featuring eyes adorned with diamonds.
The base is crafted from agate mount...
Category
German Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold
Antique 18th Century French Revolution Period Hair Comb Polished Steel Brass
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare hair comb was cut out of a plate of polished steel during the period of the French Revolution. The comb has been crafted in a very reduced design, fitting for the taste ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Steel
Antique Mid- 18th Century Gentlemens Miniature Shoe Snuff Box Coniferous Wood
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful snuffbox has been hand carved out of coniferous wood in the second half of the eighteenth century. The miniature version of a fashionable gentlemens shoe of mid 18th...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Large Micro-Mosaic of the Doves of Pliny, Hard Stone Plaque, 1825-1850
Located in Aspen, CO
Antique Micro Mosaic Large Hard Stone Plaque (paper weight), c. 1825- 1850. of the "Doves of Pliny" also called the Capitoline Doves.
A mosaic is a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces called tesserae. These were different types of hard stones, tile or glass.
This is a excellent example of early micro mosaic art...
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European Georgian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Late 18th Century Cameo of a Follower of Dyonisos or Bacchus Hardstone
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This fine hardstone cameo depicts a woman or men wearing a wreath of ivy. In Greek and Roman mythology the ivy wreath worn around head was the attribute of a followers of Dyonisos a...
Category
Italian Artist Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Quartz, Silver
18th Century Goldfinch Micro Mosaic Box
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Goldfinch Micro Mosaic Box
A sterling silver box with felt lining and a lid set with a stunningly detailed micro mosaic of a European Goldfinc...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century Giacomo Raffaelli Micro Mosaic Rabbit Plaque
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Giacomo Raffaelli Micro Mosaic Rabbit Plaque
A micro mosaic depicting a fat rabbit eating leaves set in a wooden frame. Made by the late 18th century mosaicist Giacomo...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
18th Century Hunting Eagle Micro Mosaic Plaque
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Hunting Eagle Micro Mosaic Plaque
A micro mosaic set in silver depicting an eagle grasping a rabbit. The design is a recreation of a part of the title page of "Various Birds & Beasts Drawn From Life" by Francis Barlow...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique 18th Century Italian Brass Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Portland, GB
A fine pair of 18th century Italian brass pricket candlesticks impressively decorated in a baroque style with knopped stems and triform bases decorated with cartouche and foliage alterations. The columns are beautifully ornated on each side with leaves and floral motifs typical of the Baroque era. The finely detailed columns stand on tripartite bases. The columns are finished with large round brass cups that have scalloped edges and 75mm tall iron prickets. In the centre of each leg there is an elegant escutcheon surrounded by scrolls and finalised with a leaf decoration.
PROVENANCE: This pair of Italian candlesticks comes from the Cotswold collection, property of Mr Weil, antiques dealer who established his antiques company in 1932, during the Great Depression, creating a firm of international fame, trading in fine English furniture and antiques from showrooms in London, Bristol, Cheltenham and Broadway's Eadburgha House.
This rare pair of Italian antique pricket candlesticks...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Moulded Porcelain 18 Arhats Luohan Snuff Bottle Qing Late 18c
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese moulded porcelain snuff bottle in compressed ovoid form, finely decorated in poly-chrome fencai with 18 Arhats Luohan in a continuous scene in high relief, with an ou...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
18th Century Gold and Cut Crystal Perfume Flask
Located in Paris, FR
Conical shaped bottle in faceted crystal and gold setting. The conical bottle set in a gold mount opens with a hinge. Inside, the cap has a gripping shaped bird. Once the cap is clos...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Antique 18K Gold Mounted Box With Inlaid Stones
Located in New York, NY
An antique 18k gold mounted circular box with various plates of inlaid stones. The inside of the box is fully lined with tortoiseshell like material. The removable cover presents a decoration of stone inlaid stripe patterns, as well as the box edges. Probably, the German production of the late 18th century, mainly in Dresden. Weight: 112 grams. Antique Gold Stone Inlaid Boxes...
Category
German Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Multi-gemstone, 18k Gold
Austrian 18th Century Egg Shaped Box In 18Kt Gold With Diamonds & Abalone Shell
Located in Miami, FL
Jeweled egg shaped box.
An exceptional and magnificent piece, made in the style of Louis XV in Europe. Most probably created in Vienna Austria, back in the middle of the 18th century, circa 1760. This box was carefully crafted in the shape of an egg, in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with small accents in .800/.999 silver for the settings of the rose cut diamonds. It is fitted with a discrete single barrel hinge and a push thumb. Embellished with earth mined natural diamonds and carved abalone shells...
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Gold, Silver, Gold, 18k Gold
Antique 18th Century Button Cameo of a Young Man Shell Carving Silver
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare button features a shell cameo of a young man carved in antique manner. The cameo is mounted in a silver button.
Category
European George III Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Georgian Handpainted Miniature Portrait
Located in Montreal, QC
Antique 18th-century handpainted miniature portrait of a young lady in a solid silver frame surrounded by square, rectangular and old mine cut crystals (one is missing or broken). Th...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
French 1790 Neoclassical Louis XVI Rectangular Snuff Box in Labrated 18kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
French snuff box in solid gold.
Exceptional rectangular snuff box, created in Paris France during the kingdom of Louis XVI, in the last quarte...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
18th Century Grand Tour Bocca Della Verita Calcedony Intaglio Diamond Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally rare 18th century diamond set calcedony intaglio pendant depicting the famed Roman marble Bocca della Verita, the Mouth of Truth. The eni...
Category
European Georgian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Silver
18th century Gold and cut crystal perfume Flask.
Located in Paris, FR
Conical shaped bottle in faceted crystal and gold setting. The conical bottle set in a gold mount opens with a hinge. Inside, the cap has a gripping shaped bird. Once the cap is clos...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Antique George III Topaz and Gold Shoe Buckles, circa 1790
Located in London, GB
A pair of George III topaz and gold shoe buckles, set with cushion cut foil backed topaz, with cut down settings forming the outer, curved, rectangul...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Topaz, Gold
Antique Georgian Landscape Agate Claspfor Bracelet or Necklace 9 Karat Gold
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unusual Georgian clasp is set with a landscape agate mounted in 9 karat gold. The clasp can be used for a bracelet or a necklace with up to 11 rows...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold, 9k Gold
Rare Gold, Enamel and Jewelled Cutting Service
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Gold, Enamel and Jewelled Cutting / Carving Service.
The handles 18th century, Switzerland and the blades 19th century, England.
Comprising a knife and a fork, the handles decorated with blue, green and white gold enamel panels of flowers...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
French 1798 Neo Classic Stamp Seal in 18kt Gilded Silver with Carved Bust Flora
Located in Miami, FL
French neo classic desk seal.
Wonderful desk seal, created in France during the late 18th century, back in the 1798-1808. This magnificent piece of art was conceived as a miniature sculpture mounted in a Louis XVI neoclassical style base. This base is crafted in 18 karats gold over silver with chiseled and incised decorations, supporting a magnificent extremely detailed carving of a women. The carved piece, depicts, the naked portrait bust of the classical Greek-Roman goddess of the flowers and nature Flora (Heba), facing forward and exhibiting her breasts, undressed and crowned with flowers, wheat and ivy.
Flora or Heba
She was the deity of the flowering plants, fertility, spring, and blossoming. Although she was a minor figure compared to other goddesses of the Roman empire, she was important as a fertility goddess. Flora was responsible for the abundance of the crops in spring, so her worship strengthened as this season approached. Her name derives from the Latin floris, which means flower, and her Greek counterpart was the nymph, Chloris. The Sabine King Titus Tatius introduced Flora into the Roman pantheon...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Art Deco 1800s Ruby Picture Pendant Art Decor
Located in Laguna Hills, CA
Spectacular, Art Deco, pendant, depicting an encased, renaissance cameo of a Cupid baby and mother lying on a cloud in sky background.
This unique a...
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European Art Deco Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Ruby, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
18th Century Georgian Mother Child Grisaille Miniature Drawing Gold Pendant
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Beautiful grisaille miniature of a young mother and her child executed in pencil on paper mounted in an oval engraved gold frame that can be worn as a pendant.
The mother's clothes a...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 15k Gold
French Gold-Mounted Pendant Cameo Vinaigrette, Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Oval-shaped, the cover set with an agate cameo male portrait bust, the grille a fine floral spray and initial name "B", with suspension ring.
1 in. (25 mm.) long without suspension r...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold, 18k Gold
18th Century Enamel Bonbonnière Form of Love Birds Museum Piece Patch Box Snuff
Located in New York, NY
This is a Museum Quality Enamel on Copper Bonbonnière, Patch Box or Snuff Box in the form of Love Birds. The extraordinary bird form box is from the collection of the Indianapolis M...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique H Chawmer 18th C English Georgian Sterling Silver Double-Sided Tea Caddy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Georgian double-sided tea caddy.
In sterling silver.
By Henry Chawmer of London, England.
Each side of the caddy has an engraved wreath cartouche below a small key...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Mughal Indian Enamel and Diamond Cup Saucer & Spoon Set
Located in New York, NY
Antique Mughal Indian Enamel and Diamond Cup Saucer & Spoon Set
A 200+ year old masterpiece: Incredible enamel on gold tea cup, saucer, and spoon. Set w...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Enamel
Large Antique 18th Century Greek Icon of Saint George and the Dragon
Located in New York, NY
Large, unusual 18th century antique Greek Orthodox icon of Saint George and the Dragon with scenes from the life of the Saint.
This rare, multi-fa...
Category
Greek Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique 18th Century Snuff Bottle Hunting Theme Musical Instruments Dogs
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This snuff bottle was carved out of walnut in the last quarter of the 18th century. One side of the object is decorated with two dogs and hunting regalia, the other with musical ins...
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Unknown Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Russian Icon, 18th Century Russian Wooden Table with Egg Tempera
Located in Bari, IT
Very rare wooden icon depicting "San Nicola di Mozajsk"
Condition: the painting is in excellent condition, perfect in all its parts
Category
Russian Byzantine Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Rare Swiss Gold & Enamel Jewelled Vinaigrette Box Late 18th C
Located in Kenley surrey, GB
Thanks for looking at this superb object of virtue.
This Box is In the form of a Boat, the cover and base of translucent blue enamel on a peacock-feather engine-turned ground, the cover further enamelled with a variety of sea shells on a grass bank in bright colours of red, pink, yellow, green, blue etc.
All around the cover and the base there are 64 emerald cabochons set in as a decorative border.
The sides are covered in blue enamel with a gold chequered design with a white enamel border
all the way around the corners of the base.
The curved shape grille is expertly pierced and bright-cut with foliage.
The overall condition is faultless it opens and closes effortlessly and the very important enamel is in perfect order no excuses and has never suffered any restoration.
The Box is stamped with a makers mark in the base but we have never looked up the maker
please look at the images and see for yourself.
This is a very good example of a solid gold Box...
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French Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
1700s Tibet Sino Tibetan Hand Painted Buddhist Thangka Vaisravana Framed
Located in New York, NY
THIS IS A SUPERB AND RARE EARLY ANTIQUE TIBETAN THANKGA PAINTING OF VAISRAVANA DATING TO THE 18TH CENTURY. THE PAINTING ON PAPER IS EXQUISITE WITH BLUES AND REDS AND BLACK LINE DRAW...
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Chinese Artisan Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Carved Black Nephrite Jade Tablet Qing Dynasty Period Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This exquisite and rare black jade tablet dates to the Qing period.
The Qing Dynasty period spanned the years 1636 -1912. Precisely dating jade artifacts...
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Chinese Artisan Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Jade, Silver
Georgian 15ct Rose Gold and Moss Agate Large Snuff Box
Located in St Helens, GB
A very rare and fine quality box.
A Georgian period example, circa 1790 - 1810.
Rectangular shaped example in 15 carat rose gold. The front with a finely engraved crest, The top and ...
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British George III Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Rose Gold
Pair of Antique Georgian English Sterling Silver Tea Caddies by Francis Crump
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine matched pair of English 18th century tea caddies.
In sterling silver.
Marked for Francis Crump, London, and 1758.
Having ce...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique George II Silver Wall Pocket
Located in London, GB
Antique Sterling Silver
George II - Dated 1733, Chester England
Wall pocket
with Rococo floral design
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British Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Jasper and Gold Flask 18th Century. English Craftsmanship
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional pear-shaped flask in heliotrope, also known as bloodstone jasper. The body of the flask intricately sculpted with gadrooning and Rocaille motifs. A band of gold encircles...
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English Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Antique French Miniature 18K Gold Piqué Tortoiseshell Snuff Box, circa 1790
Located in Goettingen, DE
Antique French Miniature 18K Gold Piqué Tortoiseshell Snuff Box, circa 1790
Rare snuffbox made of tortoiseshell with fine gold piqué decor on ...
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French Empire Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
18k Gold
Antique 18th Century French Silver Footed Wine Goblet or Beaker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French silver beaker.
Illegibly hallmarked to the base and side and inscribed with an owner's mark 'VB' to the foot.
Simply a won...
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French Georgian Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Louis XVI Gold Box
Located in Paris, FR
Oval box or snuffbox in gold of several tones. The snuffbox is adorned with a guilloche pattern with parallel stripes and dots on the lid, side and ground. The border is decorated with a stylized laurel wreath frieze on amati background. The box has an alternation of guilloche panels and leafy and stylized patterns.
Weight: 2.96oz (84g)
L: 2.55in. (6.5) / W: 1.81in. (4.6 cm) / H: 0.78in. (2 cm).
Gold marks
Jurande mark: Henri Clavel (1781-1783)
Charging hallmark: P crowned. 1784-1788
Goldsmith Joseph-André Bologniel-Presidant, received in 1778. (1778-1793) Discharge mark: 1783-1789 vanneau head.
Eagle head 18K...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
18th Century Enamel Bonbonnière Form Of Love Birds Museum Piece Patch Box Snuff
Located in New York, NY
This is a Museum Quality Enamel on Copper Bonbonnière, Patch Box or Snuff Box in the form of Love Birds. The extraordinary bird form box is from the collection of the Indianapolis M...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Gold, Enamel and Tablet Case
Located in Paris, FR
Flat trapezoidal shaped tablet case in enamelled gold. The upper part is hinged and opens with a push-button. The case is composed of four translucent blue...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique Miniature Choice of Paris Watercolor Pendant Silver Gilt Gold
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming miniature has been painted in the last quarter of the 18th century. The painting shows a scene from Greek mythology. Paris is sitting in a garden with a shepherd's staff. He is placing an apple on the top of a column which carries the inscription ' à la plus belle ' ( for the most beautiful). Paris has to decide which of the three goddesses...
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French Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Gold
Gold Panel and Vernis Martin Writing Case, French Craftsmanship, Louis XV
Located in Paris, FR
Flat, rectangular case for holding writing utensils in colored gold and vernis Martin (a type of imitation lacquer). A button serves to open the hinged lid. Four panels made of verni...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Gold Vinaigrette with Pearls and Enamel, Late 18th Century Swiss Work
Located in Paris, FR
Diamond-shaped vinaigrette with enameled gold and bordered with pearls. The hinged lid is decorated with four winged cupid heads floating in the clouds. The sides of the lid are embe...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Pearl, Gold, Enamel
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