Two very rare Baccarat cut glass patch boxes, circa 1830-50


Both set with an enamelled gold foil medallion, the boxes of disc shape cut with intricate patterns, one top enclosing a figure of a Chinese juggler, 6cm diam, the other with a maid kneeling by a tree on which she has written the word 'Amité', both with gilt metal mounts, 6.1cm diam (2)
|ProvenanceLeo Kaplan CollectionThe same two subjects both appear on tumblers in the Jokelson Collection, see Paul Dunlop's catalogue (1991), p.43, fig. 90 and p.41, fig.84. For a circular box of similar shape with a gold foil Cupid see p.71, fig.244