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Lot 1065 Dα

28 Parisian silver game pieces

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €

28 Parisian silver game pieces

Embossed facsimiles of the gaming tokens after designs by Pierre-Joseph Lorthior (1733-1813) made for the French court. Some emblazoned with the royal coat-of-arms, inscribed on the reverse "JETTONS DE MADAME LA DAUPHINE", "JETTONS DE LA REINE"; "JETTONS DE MADAME LA COMTESSE DE PROVENCE", etc., some dated between 1720 and 1780. In a fitted collector's frame. Diameter c. 3.5 - 4.5 cm, total weight c. 512 g.
Late 19th C.

Provenance

From an important Italian collection.