Asian Art, Glass and European Ceramics - 29th November 2006
Lot 382
A blue glass rectangular box
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £3000
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Description
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.
