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Lot 1089
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and porcelain mounted octagonal table box
fourth quarter 19th century
fourth quarter 19th century
17 March 2014, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$8,125 inc. premium
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A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and porcelain mounted octagonal table box
fourth quarter 19th century
fourth quarter 19th century
The octagonal hinged lid centering a plaque depicting a fete champetre, after Watteau, centering eight porcelain plaques within bronze banded frames decorated with floral bouquets and trophies, opening to a velvet lined interior, the lid inset with a plaque depicting two putti with attributes of love, the case inset with porcelain plaques of young lovers in sylvan settings alternating with plaques depicting glades, streams and idyllic forests above a gilt bronze gadrooned and shell cast base with scrolled supports.
height 7 1/2in (19cm); width 14 1/4in (36cm); depth 10in (26cm)
height 7 1/2in (19cm); width 14 1/4in (36cm); depth 10in (26cm)
