Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . lizabethof Austria, by Leonard Limousin, 1573, paintedon concave plaques, each 12x9, 3,000 guineas (seefull-page illustration of the former) ; and anotherpair by the same : Cardinal de Guise and hismother, Anne dEste, Duchess of Guise, area1556-7, 18x12, in frames, 2,900 guineas. Anivory oliphant, or hunting-horn, probably a workof the Byzantine school of the twelfth century,21 inches long, 220 guineas; an ivory casket,carved with the legend of St. Eustace, with silver-gilt and enamelled mounts, French or Englishwork of the fi
Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . lizabethof Austria, by Leonard Limousin, 1573, paintedon concave plaques, each 12x9, 3,000 guineas (seefull-page illustration of the former) ; and anotherpair by the same : Cardinal de Guise and hismother, Anne dEste, Duchess of Guise, area1556-7, 18x12, in frames, 2,900 guineas. Anivory oliphant, or hunting-horn, probably a workof the Byzantine school of the twelfth century,21 inches long, 220 guineas; an ivory casket,carved with the legend of St. Eustace, with silver-gilt and enamelled mounts, French or Englishwork of the first half of the fourteenth century,7 inches long, 3 inches high, formerly in thepossession of the ex-royal family of England,1,400 guineas. GoLDSMrrns work. Enamels, etc.(July 6th): A pair of oval vase-shaped salt-cellars,Limoges enamel, circa 1550, painted in grisaille,heightened with gold on a dark-blue ground, 4Jlong, 3f high, 290guineas ; a plate of the same, in A EWER OF HENRI II. WARE. Magniac sale (p. 203).Exhibited at the Society of Arts Exhibition, THE MAGNIAC COLLECTION. 203 brilliant colours, circa 1530, 7f diameter, prob-ably by the third Penicaud, 600 guineas; Portrait ofHenri dAlbret, King of Navarre, by L. Limousin,circa 1556, 3f x 2\, 360 guineas ; a Limoges Por-trait of Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, byL. Limousin, circle, 3jdiam., 300 guineas ; a largepillar Candlestick of the same, in colours, by JeanCourtois, circa 1560, \ \\ inches high, 280 guineas ;a casket, painted with battle subjects, mounted insilver gilt, signed L P., ci^^ca 1530-40, 6\ long,6\ high, 600 guineas ; a plaque, painted with anemblematical device, with the arms of Cardinal deGramonte, by one of the Penicaud family, circai530-34» ^ ^ ^i 500 guineas; the celebratedHunting-Horn, in Limoges enamel, by L. Li-mousin, circa 1530-40, 2 inches long, one of theStrawberry Hill collection, 6,300 guineas ; a pair ofbellows, in carved chestnut wood, picked out withgilding, Italian work, c
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