A Fine French ‘Palais Royale’ Ormolu Mounted Mother of Pearl Box
A Fine French ‘Palais Royale’ Ormolu Mounted Mother of Pearl Box
A ‘jewellery’ or ‘trinket box’, the lid inset with a painted gouache of a townscape entitled ‘Ansicht von Wien’ and signed ‘Wigand’
Mother of Pearl, Ormolu, Gouache, Glass
France
Early 19th Century
SIZE: 4cm high, 13cm wide, 7.5cm deep – 1¾ ins high, 5¹⁄₈ ins wide, 3 ins deep
A ‘jewellery’ or ‘trinket box’, the lid inset with a painted gouache of a townscape entitled ‘Ansicht von Wien’ and signed ‘Wigand’
Mother of Pearl, Ormolu, Gouache, Glass
France
Early 19th Century
SIZE: 4cm high, 13cm wide, 7.5cm deep – 1¾ ins high, 5¹⁄₈ ins wide, 3 ins deep
A Fine French ‘Palais Royale’ Ormolu Mounted Mother of Pearl Box
A ‘jewellery’ or ‘trinket box’, the lid inset with a painted gouache of a townscape entitled ‘Ansicht von Wien’ and signed ‘Wigand’
Mother of Pearl, Ormolu, Gouache, Glass
France
Early 19th Century
SIZE: 4cm high, 13cm wide, 7.5cm deep – 1¾ ins high, 5¹⁄₈ ins wide, 3 ins deep
A ‘jewellery’ or ‘trinket box’, the lid inset with a painted gouache of a townscape entitled ‘Ansicht von Wien’ and signed ‘Wigand’
Mother of Pearl, Ormolu, Gouache, Glass
France
Early 19th Century
SIZE: 4cm high, 13cm wide, 7.5cm deep – 1¾ ins high, 5¹⁄₈ ins wide, 3 ins deep
Originally made in the workshops of the Palace of the Duc d’ Orleans in Paris, these mother of pearl luxury articles became popular with fashionable Parisian society. This example of a Palais Royale box with a painted picturesque Viennese view was most probably made for the Austrian market and is a fine example of the grand tour souvenirs brought home by the aristocratic tourists of the day.
Ex Finch and Co, item no. 18a, catalogue number 19, Summer 2012
A Fine French ‘Palais Royale’ Ormolu Mounted Mother of Pearl Box
