Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 20
A Louis XV vari-coloured gold oval box maker's mark rubbed, possibly Jean-Joseph Martlet, Paris 1770
21 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,375 inc. premium
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Michael Moorcroft
Consultant
A Louis XV vari-coloured gold oval box
maker's mark rubbed, possibly Jean-Joseph Martlet, Paris 1770
Oval, the cover with a central chased panel of the trophies of love, a lute, a quiver of arrows and a burning torch, the frame draped in yellow gold laurel garlands, flanked by chased flutes and further yellow gold laurel garlands within a stiff leaf border, the sides with similar oval reserves with chased trophies on a band of flutes and laurel beneath a guilloche band of shells and flowerheads, the base with an oval reserve of musical trophies on a similar ground, length 6.2cm, weight 84gms.
Oval, the cover with a central chased panel of the trophies of love, a lute, a quiver of arrows and a burning torch, the frame draped in yellow gold laurel garlands, flanked by chased flutes and further yellow gold laurel garlands within a stiff leaf border, the sides with similar oval reserves with chased trophies on a band of flutes and laurel beneath a guilloche band of shells and flowerheads, the base with an oval reserve of musical trophies on a similar ground, length 6.2cm, weight 84gms.
Footnotes
Provenance:
A.C.J. Wall collection, Middleton Park, Oxon.
A.C.J. Wall was a Birmingham-based industrialist who started collecting in the 1930s. His was an eclectic taste, ranging across paintings, ceramics, furniture and sculpture. He was well-known as a benefactor to the arts, particularly in Birmingham where he was the mayor, and he was known to have sat for a bust portrait by Jacob Epstein. His collection was sold by Christie's in 1970, many pieces being bought by leading international museums.