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Lot 41

A Saint Cloud gold-mounted box in the form of a monk, circa 1740

5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Saint Cloud gold-mounted box in the form of a monk, circa 1740

The bearded figure holding a beaker in his right hand, traces of marks to mount, perhaps the 'crowned mace' discharge mark for Jacques Cottin, Paris, 1727-32, 5.6cm across, 4.7cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1307

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 78;
Munger 2002, fig. 6

Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010

A painted example of this model is in the Musée des arts décroatifs (illustrated by Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 374).

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