Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 19th-first half 20th century, each with gilt metal bezel clasps and featuring Sevres style marks to the undersides, to include three trimmed in cobalt and Rococo style gilt decoration, featuring a vignette with courting couple to the lid, one in lobed casket form signed to the lower left (3 x 5 x 6 1/2 in.), and a lozenge form signed to the lower right (3 x 7 x 4 in.), and the third box octagonal with hand-painted pastoral scene cartouches (2 1/2 x 5 x 4 in); the last two in bombe form with transfer printed and hand-touched courting scenes, one with gilt metal foot and magenta ground (4 3/4 x 8 x 6 in.) and the smaller on a white ground signed to the lid (4 x 8 1/2 x 6 in.).
From the Collection of the late John Ferguson, Chesterfield, Virginia Some areas of rubbing to the gilt; some gilt metal clasps have been remounted; hinge is loose on octagonal form
