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| Keywords: Barriere - Snuffbox with the Family of Louis XV - Walters 57136 - Open.jpg The box is decorated with images of the children of Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczynska Louise-Elizabeth and Marie-Adelaide on the cover ; Victoire-Louise and Sophie-Philippine on the base ; Louis the dauphin with a kite on the front ; Louise-Marie holding a battledore and shuttlecock for a racquet game on the left end ; and Philippe duke of Anjou blowing bubbles on the right end As Philippe died in 1733 the images must be based on earlier portraits between 1761 1762 gold painted enamel cm 5 6 3 accession number 57 136 22517 Zoé Victoire Talon Comtesse du Cayla 1785-1852 Paris Maurice Kann Paris Charles J Wertheimer Sale Christie's London May 9 1912 no 14 Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore after 1912 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters after 1912 Objects of Vertu Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Snuffboxs in the Walters Art Museum Portrait miniatures in the Walters Art Museum Barriere Jeweller J J Dailly Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
