Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Auction: July 14, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
A rectangular upright casket, the agate panels mounted by gold cagework chased with birds, flowers, and a dragon, with gem-set pushpiece, the white enamel collar inscribed in gold with the motto 'RIEN DE PLUS DOUX QUE L'AMOUR,' the interior fitted with two gold-mounted glass scent bottles, two gold-capped pencils, scissors, needlecase, sewing hook, cylindrical case, and folding blade; the perfume with similar cagework, the white enamel collar apparently inscribed with the phrase 'L'A VOUS SEULE,' both apparently unmarked. (2).
H: 2 1/4 in., W: 1 7/8 in., D: 1 1/2 in. (necessaire); H: 2 7/8 in. (perfume)Provenance
Gift of Anne Allen to John Penn as a wedding present, Philadelphia, 1766.
Thence by descent.
Private Collection.
Exhibition History
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Loyalties in Revolutionary Times, March-July 2018.