A French Louis XVI 18k gold lacquer and tortoiseshell bonbonnière with enamel portrait of a lady attributed to Christian Friedrich Zincke - image-1

Lot 908 Dα

A French Louis XVI 18k gold lacquer and tortoiseshell bonbonnière with enamel portrait of a lady attributed to Christian Friedrich Zincke

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 16:00 - Decorative Arts Furniture
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Bid

A French Louis XVI 18k gold lacquer and tortoiseshell bonbonnière with enamel portrait of a lady attributed to Christian Friedrich Zincke

Round lacquer box with moulded mountings. Inset on the lid with an oval enamel on copper portrait of a lady in a pink gown (4.5 x 4.0 cm). Miniature and cover framed by gold rings with finely engraved braided frieze motifs. Unidentified 18th century French hallmarks. The lacquer with slight craquelure, minor wear. H 2.8, diameter 7.5 cm.
France, late 18th C., miniature attributed to Christian Friedrich Zincke, around 1720.

Literature

For this artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 901 f.