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2646; W1/44/1; Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe; Snuff-box; Late 18th Century; Swiss, French Oval snuff-box in gold with translucent pink enamel on an engine-turned ground, bordered by bands of white enamel with leaves and 'pearls' in translucent green and white enamel on a matted ground. There are four vertical strips around the wall of the box, each decorated with a neo-classical style vase with flowers, partially enamelled in translucent green on a matted ground. The lid of the box contains a miniature gouache painting by one of the Van Blarenberghes, under glass. The painting depicts a scene in a park, with booths in the foreground and a distant view of an ornamental water in the form of a broad canal. Gold with enamel over and gouache painting under glass 34 x 84 x 62 Cat no: 128 |
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2644; W1/43/7; Van Blarenberghe, Pierre-François Beaulieu, Veuve George Snuffbox; 1768-1775; French Oval snuffbox with six miniature paintings attributed to one of the Van Blarenberghes, mounted under glass in four-coloured gold cagework of white, yellow, green and pink. The borders of the cagework around the lid and base of the box are chased with scallop shells interspersed with acanthus leaves. There are four pilaster strips around the sides of the box, chased with trophies seemingly suspended from ribbons below an inverted acanthus leaf below the capital which is hung with a swag. The six miniatures depict country pursuits. On the lid there is a scene with peasants gathering fruit and guarding sheep and cows. On the base there is a scene with huntsmen resting in a landscape with two female peasants carrying bundles of kindling wood on their heads. Around the sides of the box there are four further scenes each depicting one of the following; children playing on a see-saw, a dance, a game of blind man's buff and a farmyard. Gold with gouache paintings under glass 35 x 68 x 54 Cat no: 137 |
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2663; W1/46/4; Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe Jean George Snuffbox; 1760-1761; French Oval snuff-box in gold with six miniatures attributed to Van Blarenberghe mounted 'à cage' under glass. The miniature on the lid depicts a scene outside a pavilion with the principal figure being that of a dancing bear. On the base a group of peasants watch a scene from the Italian Comedy, performed on a small stage set up in the open air near a village. On the sides of the box there are four further miniatures of rustic scenes. One shows a boy playing a violin with a girl singing, while a family study the music and join in the singing. The second shows peasants watching performing dogs, the third depicts a man playing a peep-show and the fourth a boy balancing a stick on his forehead. gold with gouache miniatures under glass 38 x 66 x 52 Cat no: 138 |
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2649; W1/45/4; Charles Filon Watch; Circa 1765; French A circular pocket watch with a case in two-coloured gold, of yellow and green, chased with alternating ovals and small flowers in low relief on a matted ground, the front of the case mounted with a miniature gouache painting attributed to one of the Van Blarenberghes, under a convex glass. The white enamel dial has a ring of hours in Arabic and a ring of minutes numbered also in Arabic, at 15, 30, 45 and 60 only. One hand is gilt, the other copper. The watch has a verge escapement, steel balance-wheel and spring, with a Tompion-type regulator and a bridge balance-cock. The circular miniature painting depicts the 'Foire de Bezons', an annual fair held on the Sunday after the feast of Saint Fiacre, the patron saint of gardeners. The fair took place at the village of Bezons, to the west of Paris, on the Siene near Argenteuil. The scene shows a carriage or coach, drawn by black horses, entering from the left-hand side, surrounded by crowds of people in front of a wooded landscape with small dwellings in the distance. Gold with steel movement and gouache painting under glass 52 x 38 diam Cat no: 139 |
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2724; W1/49/2; Van Blarenberghe, Pierre-François Beaulieu Veuve George Snuff-box; 1773-1774; French Elongated octagonal gold snuff-box with ten miniature paintings mounted 'à cage' under glass in three coloured gold of white, yellow and green. The cagework around the lid is chased with a border of ovals interlaced with foliated scrolls, and the sides of the box are decorated with eight Corinthian pilasters hung with drapery swags, one on each of the corners. The border around the base of the box is chased with husks. The ten miniature paintings are attributed to the one of the Van Blarenberghes and they all show pastoral scenes of country life. On the lid there is a man playing a flageolet outside a cottage. On the base a woman spinning. The miniature on the forward facing side of the box shows four figures on a see-saw, and there are three further scenes which include a scene of a dance and one of fruit picking. The four shortest sides have tall thin miniatures with landscapes. All the paintings are in the style of J.-B. Huet, and the scene of the see-saw may even be based on a painting by him of this subject. Gold with gouache miniatures under glass 32 x 72 x 38 Cat no: 140 |
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2637; W1/42/6; After-Van Blarenberghe; Miniature Visit to the farmyard; Late 18th Century? Rectangular miniature painting in the style of Van Blarenberghe, framed in an elongated octagonal gold frame. The painting depicts a scene of a gentleman-farmer taking his children and household to see the poultry yard and aviary of the farm seen in the distance. Gouache painting under glass in gold frame 22 x 52 (sight size) Pos no: Cat no: 141 |
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2652; W1/45/3b; Attributed to-Henri-Joseph Van Blarenberghe Ring with miniature; Late 18th Century; French Moulded gold ring, attached to the setting by two pierced leaves. The setting is an upright oval surrounded by diamonds and rubies, surmounted at the top with a row of five further stones. The setting supports an oval miniature under glass, attributed to Van Blarenberghe, depicting a rural scene with a couple of villagers with a peasant woman mounted on a donkey in front of a thatched cottage. Gold set with rubies and diamonds with gouache painting under glass 28 x 20 Cat no: 142 |
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2654; W1/45/3c; Attributed to-Van Blarenberghe; Ring with miniature; Late 18th Century; French Gold ring decorated with entwined leaves, with a oval miniature attributed to Van Blarenberghe depicting people sitting around tables in the open air, with a scene from the Italian Comedy being played on a rustic stage behind them. The scene is probably the Tuileries gardens. Cat no: 143 |
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2655; W1/45/3d; Attributed to-Van Blarenberghe; Ring with miniature; Late 18th Century; French A plain gold ring with a miniature, in an upright oval setting surrounded by diamonds, showing a scene in which a group of gentlemen greet a lady who alights from a sedan-chair. Gold Cat no: 144 |
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2661; W1/45/3h; Middle ring of three shown above. Style of-Van Blarenberghe; Ring with miniature; 18th Century; French? A flattened gold ring attached to the setting which contains a horizontal oval miniature in the manner of Van Blarenberghe surrounded by diamonds. The miniature shows a yellow sailing-boat in front of which two men standing on the shore unload a bundle. Gold Cat no: 150 |
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2657; W1/45/3i; Attributed to-Van Blarenberghe; Ring with miniature; Late 18th Century; French A faceted ring, the two extremities widening as they join the setting, in which is a horizontal oval miniature surrounded by diamonds. The miniature shows a dance in a village square, with two elegantly dressed couples amongst the dancers. Gold Cat no: 146 |
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2658; W1/45/3g; Attributed to-Van Blarenberghe; Ring with miniature; 1775-1781; French A flattened gold ring, with a miniature attributed to Van Blarenberghe on an upright oval setting. The miniature depicts an open-air masked ball beneath trees on which lights are hung. Gold Cat no: 147 |
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3609; W2/41/8; Sèvres covered vase with lid; Circa 1767; Dark blue ground with a panel in reserve on the front depicting a shepherd and a sleeping shepherdess in a landscape. The reverse has a gilded pastoral trophy, suspended by a ribbon, and framed by a wreath of myrtle. With gilded festoons and a gilded pine-cone on the lid; soft-paste porcelain 200 x 255 x 180. Overall height with lid: 200mm Cat no: 78 |
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2735.1-2 ; W1/59/7; Sèvres; Pair of vase with cover.; Circa 1775-Circa 1780; French Ovoid shape vase with stepped shoulder and slightly flaring neck, domed cover with knop, slender foot flaring out to square-shaped plinth. Applied handles of acanthus leaves rising to above the shoulder, the two handles connected by a strap element. Dark blue ground colour with reserve of figure in landscape with sheep and donkey, and rear reserve of fruit and flowers. Elaborately gilded with garlands of flowers on cover, neck, shoulder, around reserves, on foot and plinth; and oak leaves and acorns around shoulder. Soft-paste porcelain 324H x 187 W x 158D mm Overall height with cover: 366 mm Cat: 101 |
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105.1996; Snuffbox; Circa 1800, 1806-1807; Swiss, Czechoslovakian Oval gold snuff box, the cover, walls, and base engine turned and bordered by enamel `pearls`, flowers and foliage, with bands of opaque blue and green, the cover set with an enamel plaque depicting Susannah and the Elders gold and enamel h3.0 x l8.0 x w6.0cm |
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106.1996; Bonbonniere; 1768-1774; French Base remains at WM - lid stolen Circular gold-mounted 'vernis' bonbonniere painted with orange stripes between garlands over a green ground, mounted in gold chased with flowers and reeding, the cover set with a miniature under glass depicting a young girl holding a fan which can be moved by a button on the gold frame of the glass to cover and uncover her face, the interior lined with tortoiseshell. gold, vernis and tortoiseshell 3.5 x 8.0 diam |
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107.1996; Egg; Circa 1760; Italian Egg-shaped container, perhaps for needles, with an apparently removable cover (now stuck) piqué in gold with scrolls, rocailles and insects, probably now missing a finial Tortoiseshell and gold 5cm high |
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112.1996; Circular box with cover; Circa 1800; Italian, attributed to-Giacomo Raffaelli Lid remains at WM, without parrot plaque. Base stolen Circular gold-mounted aventurine glass, the cover set with a micro-mosaic plaque depicting a parrot on a branch within a chain border aventurine glass, micro-mosaic and gold 20 x 45 diam |
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115.1996; Snuffbox; 1743-1744; French, Antoine Daroux (d.1789) Rectangular snuffbox comprising six panels of mother-of pearl painted and decorated in 'lacq burgaute', the cover depicting Diana, the walls and base with dogs and birds, the silver-gilt mounts engraved with undulating lines painted mother-of-pearl and silver-gilt 4.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 |
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116.1996; Bonbonniere; Circa 1770; French Circular ivory bonbonniere, mounted in reeded gold, the cover with a carved scene after Fragonard of a couple embracing with putti looking on, two of whom hold a tablet inscribed `SERMENT DAIMER TOUTE SA VIE' over a blue foil ground, the interior lined with tortoiseshell, and with Nazi inventory label. ivory, tortoiseshell and gold 2.5 cm x 6.5cm diam |
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122.1996; W3/19/7; Snuffbox; Circa 1750; German; Attributed to-Heinrich Taddel Small circular amethystine quartz snuff box, of bombe form, the cover set with a spray of flowers in gold, diamonds and rubies, the base with lacq burgaute fans, with plain gold mount and scrolled thumbpiece. Badly damaged, with large areas missing. Amethystine quartz, lacq burgaute, diamonds, rubies and gold 4cm diam |
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125.1996; Snuffbox; 1773-1775; French; Pierre François Drais Oval varicoloured gold box, the cover, walls and base set with six plaques, bordered by foliage on an engraved ground enamelled en basse taille in translucent blue, within borders of coloured gold laurel, the walls divided by four pilasters. One panel damaged gold & enamel |
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126.1996; Snuffbox; 1771-1772; French; Pierre François Drais Oval varicoloured gold and enamel snuff box. The walls and cover set with grisaille panels depicting nymphs and putti in the manner of François Boucher bordered by laurels, paterae and ribbons. The walls divided by four pilasters and the base set with a scrolling foliate pierced plaque all over a ground painted in imitation of lapis lazuli gold and enamel h3.4 x l8.5 x w6.3cm |
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127.1996; Snuffbox; 1768-1769; French; Charles le Bastier; Oval gold snuff box decorated in apple green and pink champleve enamel with engraved swags of flowers and foliage partly enamelled in translucent blue, within translucent blue borders, the cover set with an enamel plaque depicting nymphs and putti, signed Mosnier, within a gold border hung from a ribbon chased in relief. Some enamel loss gold and enamel h3.6 x l8.2 x w6cm |
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128.1996; Snuffbox; 1765-1766; French; Charles le Bastier; Oval gold snuffbox, the cover, walls and base enamelled in green basse taille over a ground engraved with paterae and trophies, and with champlevé flowers, swags and a guilloche, within borders chased with shells scrolls and trophies, paterae and swags and fruiting foliage. The cover set with grisaille plaque depicting two dancers against a pink ground. The interior of the lid set with a miniature under glass showing a lady, bust length, in three-quarter profile wearing a blue dress edged in white and with flowers in her hair. gold, enamel and gouache |
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3.1997; Snuffbox; 1765-1765; French; Jean-Joseph Barriere; Oval varicoloured gold snuff box, the cover, walls and base chased with six reserves depicting scenes from domestic life in the manner of Greuze and Boucher, with naturalistically enamelled swags of laurel and bordered by pink ribbons, the cover and front wall with female masks, and the walls divided by four vases h3.7 x l8.5 x w6.2 cms |
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338.1997; Urn shaped pot-pourri vase; 1774-1793; French Louis XVI ormolu-mounted engraved rock crystal urn-shaped pot-pourri bowl and lobed domed cover with foliate finial, the pierced frieze with seated cherubs, garlands of flowers and ribbon-tied female masks on a rectangular plinth with re-entrant corners rock crystal with gilt bronze mounts 150mm x 155mm x 102mm |
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2770; P1331; Flask; Circa 1740-1750; German or Dutch ? Flask in gold with stopper, shaped like the shell of a snail. The main body of the shell is decorated with two putti playing with an urn from which water pours. The top of the flask unscrews to reveal the stopper. gold Cat no: 6 |
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W1/33/9; Snuffbox; Late 18th Century; Swiss gold and diamonds 3.8 x 8.3 x 4.6 Cat no: 3 |
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912; P1373; Etui; Circa 1760; English Gold, glass and porcelain 6.2 x 5.2 x 2.6 Cat no: 7 |
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W1/12/9; Snuffbox; 1766-1767; French gold 3.4 x 6.5 x 5.0 Cat no: 2 |
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P1341; Etui in the form of an asymmetrical flask; Circa 1740; English Containing two small scent bottles, a pair of tweezers and an ear scoop. The lid is mirrored. Gold, grey striated agate and glass 8.3 Cat no: 20 |
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W3/8/1; Etui; Early 18th Century; German In the form of a seated male figure in ivory holding a baton and an open book Gold and ivory 7.5 Cat no: 40 |
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W1/54/5; Etui with a watch; Mid 18th Century; English; Charles Cabrier agate and gold 8.2 Cat no: 30 |
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P1423; Shuttle; 1765-1766; French; Mathieu Coiny Upper element remains at WM - lower element stolen The shuttle is composed of two detachable oval elements chased with grapes, vine-leaves and ribbons in three-coloured gold, framed in a band of pinkish-violet enamel with grey marbling surrounded by a Vitruvian scroll chased in two-coloured gold. The the centre of each side is an oval painted enamel medallion depicting an allegorical figure in grey camaieu with greenish shadows. The two elements are joined by an oval section of gold pierced with floral clusters and fluting Gold and enamel 13.4 x 4.0 Cat no: 60 |
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W3/8/13 Etui with miniatures; 1768-1775; French Enamelled in translucent red en plein. The lid inscribed SOUVENIR on both sides. With miniatures of landscapes. gold and enamel 8.0 x 5.8 Cat no: 80 |
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W3/8/4; Egg; Circa 1740; French Lower element remains at WM - upper element stolen White enamel on copper. Relief decoration including winged cherubs and begging poodles. 7.0 x 4.5 Enamel and gilt copper Glass and Enamels Cat no: 51 |
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472; P1245; Box; Circa 1820; French Circular rock crystal box made from an eighteenth century watch-case, carved with curved grooves and mounted with matted gold borders decorated with leaves and fruit in red and green translucent enamels. The lid of the box contains a circular enamelled bust-length portrait of Louis XV shown in three-quarter profile looking to his left, he is wearing a velvet cloak decorated with the fleurs-de-lis and the golden fleece hangs around his neck. On the reverse of the lid there is a gold plaque on which is engraved the arms of France, appearing upside down when the lid is opened. There is a small gold boss set into the front of the box. gold, rock crystal and enamel 26 x 51 diam. Cat no: 61 |
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W3/9/1; Snuffbox; Circa 1750; German amethystine quartz, carnelian, pearl and gold Decorated with a snake, a goat, flowers and birds 5.6 x 6.0 Cat no: 11 |
