Snuffbox decorated with scènes galantes
Snuffbox decorated with scènes galantes
France, Paris
1767-1768
Master Drais P., miniaturist painter Blarenberghe
Gold, parchment (miniature), glass; chasing, painting
3.5 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
On the miniature located on the hinged lid, the painter’s signature and date: van Blarenberghe // 1767. Indistinct master's mark; tax farmer mark – Jean Jacques Prévos (1762–1768); annual in the form of letter ‘D’, corresponding to the years 1767–1768; mark of the tax farmer Julien Alaterre (1768–1774). Engraving on the rim: Drais a Paris
Oval gold snuffbox is with a hinged lid. The lid, walls, and base are decorated with shaped cartouches with compositions, covered with translucent enamels of brown, blue, and green colors and their shades. The remaining space is decorated with carved ornament in the form of a trellis pattern and C-scrolls.
2251MC530/ДПИ