ADAM'S AT HOME MAY 26th, 2019

45 116 A GROUP OF THREE FRENCH IVORY ETUIS -A-TABLETTES , 19TH CENTURY, one by Francois Delanoy (FL 1768-87), marked Paris, 1771/1772 with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Julien Alaterre 1768-1774, later struck with two French import marks for gold 1864-1893, each of oblong shape, the covers applied with panels ‘SOUVENIR’ and ‘D’AMITIE’, two painted with classical reserves after Kaufmann, the other with inlaid flower groups within ribbon tied reserves. Each approx. 9cm high * Provenance: Hotel Drouot, Paris 1986, lot 64; Christies, lot 34, sale 6966, 7th December 2004 € 1,500 - 2,000