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Lot 502 Dα

A French tortoiseshell and paste bonbonnière with gilt-framed portraits of French poets

Auction 1028 - overview Cologne
16.05.2014, 10:30 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 2.928 € (incl. premium)

A French tortoiseshell and paste bonbonnière with gilt-framed portraits of French poets

The portraits inscribed: Marie Rabutin de Sevigné, Jean Racine, Ph. Néricault Destouches, Jean de la Fontaine, Pierre Corneille, Poquelin de Molière und N. Boileau Despréaux. H 2 cm. Diameter 6.7 cm.
1st quarter 18th C.

Provenance

Private collection, South German. Purchased from Wager & Ahrend art dealers, Munich.