Live auction - Lot 146
[Album]
Album with 11 miniature drawings and watercolours.
19th c
Hammer price: €
150
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
6,3 x 9,5 cm, pencil, ink, watercolour, wove paper, signed "Pradel" (2), Ch. Aerts (2), "Jenny" (1), "Adolphe Ch." (1), and unsigned (disbound).
Contemp. ivoirine with silver metal ornaments, upper board with title "Album" composed with facetted nails of different sizes, metal clasp, metallic spine with long stem hinges, inside lined with turquoise blue tabis with flaps, brown cardboard pencil holder with original silver metal head (clasp strap missing, some sl. rust). In original moulded wooden case covered with green shagreen decorated with gilt and blind fillets and central gilt framed initials "C.L.", gilt brass clasp, interior lined with red velvet and pink silk (sl. rubbed).
Charming album with various subjects: young man on a small boat, little girl with flowers, bird, few still lifes, 2 statues (Venus?), cottage, etc.