\ 
 
 
lt%, 
 
 Lodi 
 
 C^l-T^LOOXJE 
 
 OF 
 
 A CHOICE COLLECTION OF 
 
 OLD FRENCH SNUFF-BOXES, 
 
 Bonbonnieres, lEtuts, dc„ 
 
 OF THE PERIODS OF 
 
 Louis XIY., XY. and XYI., and the First French Empire, 
 
 AND A FEW OTHER 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF 
 
 C. H. T. HAWKINS, ESQ.: 
 
 WHICH 
 
 SHtll be Sotti tig Auction tig 
 
 Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, 
 
 AT THBIE GKKAT KOOMS, 
 
 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, 
 
 On WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1896, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 May be viewed Two Days preceding, and Catalogues had, 
 at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street $ 
 St. Jamess Square, S<W, 
 
 H 
 
 Luat, 5H L i07 
 
CONDITIONS OF SALE. 
 
 I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute ariso 
 between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be 
 immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 II. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; 
 and so on in proportion. 
 
 III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer 
 shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. 
 
 IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, 
 and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, 
 or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required; in default 
 of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put 
 up again and re-sold. 
 
 V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and 
 authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at 
 the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale; 
 Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible 
 for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, 
 or any fault or defect in, any Lot; and making no warranty 
 whatever. 
 
 » 
 
 VI, To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the 
 
 settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be 
 removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the 
 Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. 
 
 VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money 
 
 deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ 
 cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or 
 private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale 
 shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. 
 
CATALOGUE. 
 
 On WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1896, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 ^bo _ 
 
 ? 
 
 'CD 
 
 £/-o _ „ — 
 
 
 „ _ 
 
 crv 
 
 1 A Louis XYI. Oyal Gold Box, inlaid with plaques of malachite, 
 
 and with oval medallions chased with two subjects of nymphs 
 
 _,, sacrificing, and four smaller ditto at the sides, with Cupids 
 
 Inscribed Meniere bijoutier du Boy me Man Conseil a 
 
 Paris CL Ld)^^ l^^ a 
 
 2 A Louis XVI. Lakge Oval Gold Box, chased with male caryatides 
 
 and engraved with arabesque foliage under translucent enamel, 
 the lid inlaid with an oval enamel portrait of a lady 
 
 3 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, with chased borders and circular 
 ornaments of enamelled jewels, and with plaques of translucent 
 
 steel-coloured enamel, the lid inlaid with an oval enamel miniature 
 of the Princess Victoria, daughter of Louis XV. 
 
 4 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with chased and enamelled 
 
 borders, engraved with festoons of vines under green translucent 
 enamel in enamelled white borders, monogram of the Empress 
 Catherine II. of Russia in diamonds on the lid 
 
 5 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, chased with festoons and borders 
 
 of laurel foliage, ribands and shells, and inlaid with four large 
 plaques of old Sevres porcelain, beautifully painted with river 
 scenes, boats and figures 
 
 B 2 
 
 / 
 
4 
 
 /o S— 
 
 290 -,, _ 
 
 6 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, the borders finely chased with 
 musical trophies, festoons of flowers, foliage and scrolls in gold 
 of two colours, the lid inlaid with an oval enamel portrait of a 
 gentleman, temp Louis XIV., by Petitot 
 
 Louis XVI. Large Octagonal Gold Box, with panels of 
 translucent green enamel in borders chased with scrolls and 
 jewelled in white lines, and letter E in diamonds in oval medallion 
 
 <5 'SlSLS 
 
 7 A 
 
 on the lid—in shagreen case 
 
 -*■—V 
 
 //S- 
 
 2-S~ 
 
 SS- 
 
 
 /7o - „ — 
 
 (r 
 
 8 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with enamelled and jewelled 
 
 ,, borders, the lid inlaid with an oval enamel painted witlpft^subject 
 from Bornan history, a composition of six figures 
 
 9 Another, chased with trophies, festoons and wreaths of foliage, and 
 
 with panels of red enamel, the lid inlaid with an oval enamel 
 painted with girl’s head in diamond border of flowers and foliage S a 
 
 10 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with panels of translucent 
 
 cornelian coloured enamel in borders chased with flowers, and 
 —" four circular medallions, chased with trophies on the sides, an 
 oval medallion bust of a lady, temp Louis XV., in the lid, in 
 chased and jewelled border—shagreen case 
 
 11 Another, the borders chased with flowers and enamelled in colours, 
 
 and with panels of plum-coloured enamel in white jewelled 
 borders, the lid inlaid with an oval enamel painted with a garden 
 scene and two figures cS 
 
 12 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, enamelled dark green in chased 
 
 borders of gold of two colours, and festoons of flowers at the 
 sides, the lid and bottom inlaid with oval enamels painted with 
 Coriolanus and other figures in pink J 1 ^ ^ £ c , / 
 
 /b~v 
 
 2So _ 
 
 13 Another, engraved with shell ornament beneath dark blue trans- 
 — " lucent enamel in chased borders enamelled in colours, an oval 
 
 enamel painted with five Boman figures in a palace on the lid 
 
 14 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with panels of slate-coloured and 
 
 olive-green enamel in white borders, with jewelled decoration, 
 the lid inlaid with an oval enamel painted with Mordecai and 
 
 other figures 
 
 
15 A Louis XYI. Small Oval Gold Box, chased with wreaths of 
 foliage, ribands, &c., enamelled in colours, and enamelled in steel 
 colour in white jewelled borders, the lid inlaid with an oval 
 enamel miniature of a lady, by Petitot 
 
 V 
 
 16 A 
 
 17 A 
 
 Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, with chased borders and panels of 
 enamel striped blue, and the lid inlaid with an oval enamel painted 
 with Venus, Cupid and doves in grisaille 
 
 Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, enamelled and painted with two 
 large hunting subjects, and four smaller panels on the sides with 
 
 ers and foliage, 
 
 
 river scenes and figures in borders chased with flow 
 
 and enamelled in colours 
 
 (/c 
 
 -cr~ 
 
 18 A Louis XYI. Gold Patch-Box Formed as a Book, enamelled 
 
 dark blue and set with “ Souvenir d’Amitie ” in diamonds, and 
 border of pearls, and painted with a sacrifice to Minerva 
 
 19 A Massive Oval Gold Box, elaborately chased with trophies, 
 
 masks and flowers, and enamelled dark blue in four compart- 
 
 *-C * v-^c/y, 
 
 ments on the sides, set with trophies in small diamonds, the lid 
 
 enamelled dark blue and decorated with a concert of figures, 
 festoons, ribands, &c., of silver set with diamonds—shagreen 
 
 case 
 
 20 A Louis XY. Gold Etui, formed as a hook, with Cupids, birds / 7 
 " and scrolls, and trellis of mother-o’-pearl on red Vernis-Martin 
 
 ground, with sliding end enclosing silver-mounted instruments 
 
 21 A Louis XVI. oval gold box, with engine-turned panels and chased 
 
 with flowers and foliage, the lid enamelled and painted with 
 
 mythological figures 
 
 3. 
 
 Is 
 
 22 A 
 
 23 A 
 
 Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, engraved with bands of orna¬ 
 ment, the borders chased with festoons of flowers and foliage, the 
 lid inlaid with an oval enamel painted with a portrait of a gentle¬ 
 man in a blue coat, by Zincke 
 
 Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with panels of dark blue trans¬ 
 lucent enamel, and chased with sis subjects of Cupids in medal¬ 
 lions under green translucent enamel, the lid inlaid with an oval 
 enamel miniature of Roman figures at an altar, the borders chased 
 and jewelled 
 
 
 A a 
 
 
6 
 
 yo - 
 
 /(yo - 
 
 
 UO 
 
 / 26 ~- 
 
 ^2 - 
 
 
 Q-. 
 
 
 ^ ~L _ 
 
 24 A Louis XYI. Oval Box of Gold and Brilliant Blue 
 
 Enamel, with chased and jewelled borders, the lid inlaid with an 
 oval enamel painted with Venus, Cupid and a nymph in gold, 
 borders chased with birds, foliage and flowers, and jewelled 
 
 25 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, chased with foliage, flowers and 
 
 scrolls, and with blue translucent enamel in white borders, the 
 lid inlaid with an oval enamel painted with iEneas carrying 
 Anchises -c ^ 
 
 26 A Louis XV. Oval Box of Gold and Brilliant Blue Trans¬ 
 
 lucent Enamel, the borders chased with shells, flowers and 
 scrolls and partly enamelled, the sides inlaid with four miniatures 
 of trophies, &c., the lid inlaid with an oval enamel painted with 
 a muse, Cupids and Pegasus on Parnassus—in shagreen case 
 
 27 A Louis XV. Oblong Box of Lapis Lazuli, with gold cage 
 
 mount boldly chased with figures, flowers, foliage and scrolls, and 
 lined with gold 
 
 28 An Oval Gold Box, by Neubert, richly inlaid with groups of 
 
 flowers, festoons of foliage, forget-me-not blossoms and pearls, the 
 lid inlaid with an oval enamel painted with a basket of flowers 
 in border of pearls 
 
 29 A Louis XVI. Oval Box of Gold and Translucent Blue 
 
 Enamel, chased with vases, festoons of foliage and wreaths of 
 flowers and ribands on jewelled borders, the lid inlaid with an 
 oval enamel miniature painted with St. George and the Dragon 
 —in shagreen case 
 
 30 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with chased and engraved borders 
 v and with panels of pink enamel, the lid inlaid with an oval 
 
 miniature of a gentleman, temp Louis XIV., in gold^ border 
 chased with flowers and set with small diamonds 
 
 31 A Louis XVI. Circular Gold Box, with engraved borders, and 
 - with a miniature of a young lady in white dress with mauve 
 
 scarf in the lid 
 
32 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, chased with two groups of fruit 
 _,, on the lid and bottom, festoons of laurel suspended from ribands 
 
 on the sides, and borders of flat chasing yCX-XLj? 
 
 33 A Louis XYI. Small Oval Gold Box, with engine-turned 
 " panels in chased borders of gold of two colours, a circular 
 
 enamel in the lid, painted with a nymph sacrificing to Yenus 
 
 34 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, with blue enamel panels in 
 
 chased borders, an oval enamel painted with Apollo, Clytie and 
 Cupid in the lid 
 
 35 A Louis XVI. Oblong Gold Box, engraved and enamelled with 
 
 lines in white, and enamelled jewel ornament on the border 
 
 r—c 
 
 36 A Louis XYI. Oblong Gold Box, chased with boys in landscapes, 
 
 ribands, festoons and wreaths of flowers and foliage on engraved 
 gold ground, partly enamelled dark blue 'yL'-Z-x ' 
 
 37 A Beading-Glass, in folding metal-gilt case, enamelled dark blue 
 
 and engraved 
 
 mameuea ciarx t 
 
 38 A Louis XYI. Oblong Gold Box, with dark blue and white 
 
 — * # 
 
 enamel, the lid painted with Juno, Yenus, Vulcan and Cupid 
 
 39 A Louis XYI. Octagonal Box, of malachite, with lining of 
 
 porphyry and borders of chased gold cLo 
 
 40 A Louis XV. Etui, of striated agate^fiaounted with gold chased 
 
 with Chinese ornaments 
 
 41 A Flat Scent Bottle, with carved border, mounted with gold, and 
 
 enamelled dark blue and jewelled, surmounted by a pearlC_l 
 
 42 A Louis XVI. Souvenir, of gold and green enamel, the borders 
 
 chased with foliage, Ac., and with a miniature painting of land¬ 
 scape and figure on each side—in shagreen case 
 
 43 An Ivory Octagonal Patch-Box, the lid enamelled dark blue in 
 
 border of marquisites, and inlaid with an oval green and white 
 Wedgwood plaque 
 
44 An English Circular Gold Box, the borders chased with oak 
 " foliage, the lid inlaid with an oval enamel miniature of William 
 
 Pitt V 2 i 
 
 45 A Gold Bonbonniere, of hemispherical form, with chased /border, 
 
 and enamelled and painted with Leda and minute river scenes 
 
 46 An Octagonal Gold Box, of gold and dark blue enamel, with 
 0 scroll ornament in flat chasing and seme with bees in gold on 
 
 blue enamel on the borders and bottom, the lid inlaid with 
 miniature portraits of Napoleon I., the Empress Marie Louise 
 and the King of Piome, by Isabey and Augustin, and containing 
 a gold Order with the Imperial Eagle holding a medallion j 
 Presented by Napoleon I. to General Bernadotti 
 
 47 A Louis XVI. Circular Gold Box, enamelled pale blue in 
 
 coloured borders, the lid painted with a vase of flowers and group 
 of fruit on a table - 
 
 Presented by the Bmperor Paul to the Dulee of Devonshire 
 
 48 An oval silver pendant, of open foliage design, set with numerous 
 
 small diamonds Cc-cXv/ 
 
 49 A French Miniature of a Young Lady, temp Louis XYI., her 
 
 left arm resting on a column—in circular chased gold frame 
 
 50 A Louis XVI. Oval Box, of chased gold and tortoiseshell, inlaid 
 
 with gold and silver stripes, the lid inlaid with two miniatures of 
 
 a lady and gentleman in oval gold borders chased with foliage 
 
 © 
 
 51 An Oblong Gold Box, with scroll foliage in flat chasing, the lid 
 
 inlaid with an oval enamel portrait of a divine in blue enamel 
 border 
 
 o2 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, spirally engraved under trans¬ 
 lucent blue enamel, in blue, white and gold borders, an oval 
 enamel painted with girls sacrificing in the lid ' c 
 
 53 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, with panels of green enamel in 
 white and gold borders, engraved with vases and scrolls, the lid 
 painted with a marriage scene in border of hearts, containing 4 
 giusicaj movement and working figures 
 
 o O 
 
9 
 
 - - 
 
 Af - 
 
 3o 
 
 'J> j, / _ 
 
 54 xiN Octagonal Ditto, of gold and pale bine enamel, the lid 
 
 '' painted with a Swiss waterfall, and set with pearls and onyx 
 
 55 An oblong ditto, of gold, enamelled pale blue in white borders, the 
 
 " lid painted with the Graces and Cupid 0 1 
 
 56 A Louis XY. Gold Snuff-Box, the lid chased with Bebecca and 
 
 Isaac at the well, in border chased with scrolls 
 
 -XL <r 
 
 57 A Louis Circular Gold Bonbonniere, enamelled dark blue in 
 
 chased and enamel borders, a miniature of two girls and a lamb 
 in a garden on the lid ( 
 
 58 A Bonbonniere, of cut rock-crystal, with gold border and foot 
 
 59 A Circular Gold Bonbonniere, enamelled pale blue in white 
 
 borders, the lid painted with a girl sacrificing to Cupid ( , r 
 
 60 A Louis XY. Oyal Agate Box, mounted with gold'-syd inlaid 
 — " — " with landscapes and figures in gold of two colours '— C 
 
 61 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, with engraved radiating decora- 
 " tion and enamelled dark blue, the border engraved with scrolls 
 
 and enamelled in colours 
 
 62 A Louis XVI. Circular Gold Bonbonniere, enamelled dark 
 blue and white, the lid chased with three figures at a feast, and 
 attendant 
 
 3s _ 
 
 
 f 
 
 y-o _r. 
 
 63 A Louis XY. Cylindrical Needle Case, of agate, in gold cage 
 
 mount chased with birds, buildings and scrolls 
 
 
 64 A Louis XY. Bonbonniere, of Mocoa agate, mounted with gold 
 chased with scrolls and flowers 
 
 ? Lf _ ^ - . 65 A circular chased gold box, the lid formed of lapis lazuli 
 
 66 A bonbonniere, of faceted agate, the borders enamelled with scrolL-s 
 foliage, gold and white on black ground, and set with jewels 
 
 67 A bonbonniere, of mother-o’-pearl, with gold mount chased with 
 
 flowers, scrolls, &c., a plaque of moss agate in the lid 
 
 ti-. - 
 
 
 d'f - 
 
 68 An Oblong Gold Box, boldly chased with scrolls, the lid inlaid 
 with a miniature of a lady and set with diamonds, the letter F 
 surmounted by a coronet in diamonds on blue enamel ground 
 jnside the lid 
 
 
69 
 
 70 
 
 71 
 
 72 
 
 73 
 
 74 
 
 75 
 
 76 
 
 77 
 
 78 
 
 79 
 
 80 
 
 10 
 
 <2 
 
 cULC. 
 
 A circular tortoiseshell box, mounted with gold, the lid inlaid with a 
 miniature of Marie Antoinette in chased gold border 
 A Shaped Oblong Box, of chased gold, the lid and bottom formed 
 of large plaques of bloodstone 
 
 A Circular Tortoiseshell Box, mounted Avith gold, the lid 
 inlaid with an oval enamel miniature of a lady in border of 
 
 Pearls CijUcx—t » 
 
 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, with numerous panels of trans¬ 
 lucent enamel, with animals and trophies in blue and green in 
 borders of opalised and green enamel, thumb-piece of emeralds, 
 sapphires and diamonds '^ 
 
 An Oval Miniature, on Enamel, representing a girl painting, 
 attended by Cupid—in gold frame / i / ./ , A /> 
 
 A Louis XYI. Octagonal Gold Box, with ten panels paihted 
 with Yenus and Cupids in grisaille, by J. Degault, in chased 
 borders —signed /■'■- nrv g 
 
 An Oval Box, of striated agate, with engraved gold mount, the lid 
 decorated with a bouquet of flowers of variouslv-Qoloured precious 
 stones (L ( 7 
 
 A Louis XYI. Oval Box, of Gold and Pale Blue Enamel, 
 with borders of white enamel and flowers in colours, an oval 
 miniature on the lid painted with two classical figures in grisaille 
 on blue ground Cto 
 
 An Octagonal Avanturine Box, mounted with plain gold, the lid 
 inlaid with an oval enamel painted with a child and dog, after 
 Greuze 
 
 A LOUIS XYI. OYAL GOLD BOX, with panels of opalised 
 enamel painted with harbour scenes, figures and shipping in 
 chased and enamelled borders, the lid inlaid with an oval enamel 
 painted with Achilles and the daughters of Lycomedes Lcfc-zo— 
 An Octagonal Box, of lapis lazuli, with chased gold borders 
 A Louis X^ I. Oval Gold Lox, with panels of red enamel in 
 borders chased with wreaths and festoons of flowers and foliage, 
 the lid inlaid with a miniature of the Emperor of Russia U: ^ q £ 
 
 
11 
 
 
 if/O - 
 
 /JO - " — 
 
 7 
 
 r( 
 
 84 A 
 
 ffroo - 
 
 
 qL- 
 
 L >zrz — 
 
 81 A Louis XYI. Oval Gold Box, with panels of translucent amber 
 
 enamel in borders chased and enamelled white, the lid inlaid with 
 an oval enamel painted with a sacrifice to Yenus - 
 
 82 A Louis XYI, Oval Gold Box, with panels of white enamel with 
 „ —chased borders of foliage and crimson and green enamel, the lid J 
 
 inlaid with an oval enamel painted with a lady nursing an infant 
 
 83 A Louis XYI. Oval Box, of Gold and Crimson Enamel, the 
 borders chased with wreaths of foliage and jewelled, the lid inlaid 
 with an oval miniature of Jos. II., d’Autriche, inscribed Ex. 
 munif. Jos. II. Imp. G. 
 
 LOUIS XYI. OVAL GOLD BOX, the lid, bottom and four 
 shaped panels on the sides finely enamelled with peasant subjects, 
 
 „ „ after Greuze ; between the panels on the edge are classical busts 
 
 on pedestals in coloured gold in slight relief; around the enamel 
 on the top are double bands of brilliants; and ornate floral and 
 riband clasp in fine brilliants - ' . Uc ^ {rl c n t 
 
 85 A LOUIS XY. OBLONG GOLD BOX, with six panels of veined 
 
 mauve and yellow agate filling the top, bottom and sides, and 
 —" further decorated with Chinese ladies and children, and palm 
 trees, after Le Prince, in coloured mother-o’-pearl, ivory and 
 tortoiseshell in slight relief, the borders chased with festoons of 
 flowers, ribands, &c. in coloured golds, the clasp formed as a flower 
 with leaves in coloured brilliants 
 
 86 A LOUIS XY. OBLONG GOLD BOX, very richly decorated 
 
 with a Chinese temple with figures worshipping, in stained 
 
 ’/ w- ' / A 
 
 mother-o’-pearl, ivories in slight relief, and gold pique foliage on 
 a lapis lazuli ground, the bottom ornamented with vase of 
 peonies and kylin, with gold borders chased with floral scrolls W'*- A 
 
 87 A LOUIS XV. OVAL GOLD BOX, with an oval enamel on the 
 top, of Yenus, Mars, and Cupid, by Couniol, (?) four oval medallions 
 on the sides, of allegorical figures; on the top, on either side of 
 the enamel, are two Homan warriors with trophies of arms, scrolls, 
 and festoons of laurels in relief in coloured golds; the ground¬ 
 work with translucent blue enamel, with diaper pattern and band 
 
 of laurels in translucent green enamel 
 
 
12 
 
 ^ Cr~b — 
 
 n 
 
 // 0~D - v — 
 
 A s 
 
 _ 
 
 88 A LOUIS XVI. OVAL GOLD BOX, in the centre of the cover 
 
 is an oval enamel of a little girl with a puppy, after Greuze, on a 
 striped blue translucent enamel ground, rich border of laurel 
 and ribands in relief in gold, while and translucent red and green 
 enamel -iS 4-^/ * 
 
 89 A LOUIS XV. OVAL GOLD BOX, square-shaped panel on the 
 
 top and bottom, with a temple, fountain, ladies and gentlemen in 
 relief in four coloured golds on a translucent blue enamel ground, 
 scroll borders, twelve small shaped panels with roses and flowers 
 in grisaille—in brocade box C ^ l 
 
 90 A LOUIS XVI. OVAL GOLD BOX, in the centre of the lid is 
 an enamel of a nymph taking Cupid’s bow and quiver, after 
 A. Kauffmann, on a grey-blue translucent enamel ground with 
 annular ornaments ; four panels of grey-blue enamel on the sides, 
 between which are twelve vase-shaped ornaments, jewel and 
 scrolls in opal, red and green—in green shagreen box 
 
 tTV 
 
 //Q- 
 
 'oo _ 
 
 ^ ^ LOUIS XVI. OVAL GOLD BOX, with oval enamel on the 
 lid with a girl wreathing a youth with flowers, on a waved and 
 striped steel-coloured translucent enamel ground, borders of 
 festoons of jewels twined with laurel foliage in relief, m'tfajislucent 
 red and green enamel—in green shagreen case L 
 
 92 A Louis XVI. Octagonal Gold Box, by Neubert, inlaid with 
 
 trellis pattern, flowers, &c., in Labrador spa, turquoise and pearls, 
 
 an oval cameo on the top, of a female head, laurel branches in 
 brilliants ^ ' 
 
 93 A Louis XVI. Oblong Bloodstone Box, on the top are two 
 
 miniatures of a lady and gentleman in small gold leaf-pajiter^ 
 frames, on a ground of flowers and scrolls in coloured golds 
 
 94 An Oblong Gold Snuff-Box, with an oval enamel on the top 
 
 with allegoiical fignies, chased gold ground and classical border 
 in colouied golds in relief, fitted yvith singing-bird movement 
 
 1 11 ‘ ’ w 
 
 
 and small watch 
 
13 
 
 ni 
 
 
 5 £_._ 
 
 L 
 
 
 95 A Louis XYI. Small Oval Gold Box, with a circular enamel 
 
 on the lid with children by a bird cago-in. grisaille and pink, 
 festoons of laurels and diaper patterns, &?. on a dark blue 
 translucent enamel ground CX-jCL-^ . 
 
 96 A Vienna Porcelain Circular Box, with a medallion portrait in 
 grisaille of Gideon Landon, in gros-bleu borders with acanthus 
 scrolls in white and gold, with inscription and date 1789—in 
 
 old leather case —, 
 
 97 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, an oval enamel on the lid 
 representing The Toilet of Venus, pearl borders and radiating 
 ground of translucent dark blue enamel; on the sides small • 
 
 panels, with a dove on an altar in white>and gold, minute 
 flowers in white, gold and green 
 
 98 A Louis XVI. Octagonal Gold Box, of waved and striped dark 
 
 blue translucent enamel, with a trellis pattern in black, chased 
 gold leaf-pattern border, fitted with mechanical movement 
 representing an inn yard, with a horse, dog, beggar, and maid 
 ringing a bell, the high road is seen in the distance, with 
 
 traffic, &c. ' 
 
 99 An Oval Dresden Enamel Box, painted with domestic seenw in 
 
 colours, mounted in gold with scrolls and key pattern, ■ <->->/ 
 
 100 A Louis XVI. Octagonal Gold Box, an oval miniature on the 
 __ lid, painted with a port scene on waved and striped red translu- C 6^7 
 
 22 o - 
 
 - 
 
 cent enamel ground, ornate borders of rosette and laurel bands 
 in coloured golds in slight relief and with small white edging 
 
 101 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with an oval enamel on the top, 
 of ^Esculapius, on an opalescent ground with small sprigs of 
 flowers in translucent colours, white and blue beaded ornaments 
 
 on the edge, and bands of floral scrolls in relief in translucent 
 enamel—in tooled leather case 
 
 102 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, an oval enamel on the top with 
 a fisherman and girl on a canary translucent enamel ground, 
 thin opaque whit 9 border, and bands of twined foliage in relief 
 in red, blue and green 
 
 
 
 
14 
 
 
 5o - 
 
 /Qo __ 
 
 lf-S -u — 
 
 2/5 
 
 — 
 
 103 An Oblong Gold Box, the top enamelled with a lady and 
 gentleman consulting an astrologer, in brilliant colours, borders 
 of pearls, the back engraved with a vase of flowers under the 
 dark blue translucent enamel, fitted with a musical and 
 mechanical movement, a temple with revolving columns and 
 a figure of Apollo 
 
 104 A Louis XVL Oval Gold Box, with oval enamel on the lid, of a 
 
 nymph sacrificing to Cupid, in brilliant colours on a steel- 
 grey translucent enamel ground, small white beaded border, and 
 outer border of laurels and flowers in relief in translucent 
 red, green and opaque white enamels C-J} 
 
 105 A Louis XYI. Small Oval Box, an enamel on the top, of a 
 nymph seated by a stream; on the sides and bottom five oval 
 and circular medallions ot urns, enamelled a plein in^-translucent *■ 
 blue, bands and festoons of laurels in chased gold v L 
 
 100 A Louis XVL Oval Gold Box, with oval enamel on the lid 
 with Venus, Adonis and Cupid in colours, striped and waved 
 gold ground, thin white border with laurels in chased gold, and 
 outer border of roses and other flower* in relief in red, green 
 and opal enamels ^7 / r * ' 1 * * * . ■ y* t ' 
 
 10 7 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with oval enamel on the lid 
 
 painted with a girl bathing, in grisaille, Cupids and doves in ^ 
 colours on a pale blue ground; fluted ground, with borders of / 
 roses and flowers in relief in red and green translucent enamel 
 
 108 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with oval enamel on the lid, of 
 
 - »' ladies and gentlemen playing cards, square and oval-shaped 
 
 panels on the sides and bottom, engraved with Boucher subjects 
 under translucent green enamel ground, Cupids, Jowers and 
 scrolls in chased gold and green enamel, a plein v " 
 
 109 A Louis XV. Shaped Matrix of Amethyst Box, chased and 
 
 pierced gold top, with a girl carrying basket of flowers, scroll 
 
 borders, the clasp further ornamented with emeralds and bril¬ 
 liants ( L 
 
15 
 
 2-C> 
 
 110 A Loois XV. Gold Oblong Box, entirely engraved with lines 
 radiating towards the centre, enamelled in the centre of each 
 
 TO —*-- panel with a bouquet of roses in tj^nslucent colours, slight scroll 
 
 borders A ' 7 ' 
 
 JO — * _ 
 
 dC _ 
 
 111 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with oval enamel on the lid, of a 
 
 huntsman, nymphs and Cupid in colours, Bose du Barry 
 borders, and oval medallions on the sides and bottom, and with 
 apple-green inner panels with trophies o£ musical instruments, 
 laurels, scrolls, &c. in chased gold O L-^-Y 
 
 112 A Louis XVI. Oval Gold Box, with an oval enamel head of an 
 old man on the top in grisaille, four small panels on the sides, 
 trophies of musical instruments, bands of laurel and leaf orna¬ 
 ments in pale gold on a red gold waved and^striped ground 
 
 L fS25 /“ /3 ~ 0 
 
 t 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 London : Printed by Wm. Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross.