Sewing box in vermeil - Lot 130

Sewing box in vermeil rectangular in shape, the base edged with a frieze of ovals, the curved body decorated with garlands of flowers, applied with shells at the corners. The doucine lid is edged with a frieze of ovals and engraved in the center with the coats-of-arms of the alliances, surrounded by reserves with imbrications and acanthus leaves in the corners. The top is adorned with a needlepoint cushion covered in green silk velvet and edged with leaves. The coat of arms is that of the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt and his wife née Leiningen Dagsburg. Master goldsmith: Jean-Louis III IMLIN, received in 1746. STRASBOURG circa 1750. Length 20 Width 13 cm Gross weight 1,055 g (two cushion attachment leaves missing) Bibliography: Le Siècle d'or de l'orfèvrerie de Strasbourg Hans Haug et Jacques Fischer 1964 N°33 p.49. Notes : From a set, the majority of which is in the Toledo Museum (Ohio), commissioned in 1746 by Marie-Louise Albertine de Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg (1729-1818) wife of Prince George-Guillaume de Hesse-Darmstadt. A coffee pot by Jean-Jacques EHRLEN and a chocolate pot by Gottfried.