Asian Art, Glass and European Ceramics - 29 Nov 2006
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A blue glass rectangular box
A blue glass rectangular box, with a gold mounted hinged lid, inscribed around the border 'La Constance fait ma Gloire', the top and sides decorated with raised coloured enamel, probably in the James Giles atelier, with birds, fruit and foliage, the base with gilded birds, flowers and insects. Minor damages. c.1760-70, 5cm. Cf. Delomosne and Son, Gilding the Lily, p.37 for related pieces.