PRECIOUS BINDER CALENDAR 1774It
is rectangular in shape and plated with mother-of-pearl and bears the portraits of the Dolphin and
the Dolphin in

goldMother-of-pearl

background

decorated with applied flowers set with pink cut diamonds. Chiselled edge. Inside many engravings representing Louis XV, the Dauphin, the Dauphine, the Count and Countess of Provence, the Emperor and Empress of Hungary, the Count of Artois and Henry VI. Period box in the shape of a red morocco with symbols of fidelity to

small ironSim

.

7.5 x 3.6 cmA

gift from the Dolphin and the Dolphin

of 1774This

precious calendar was one of the many precious gifts that the Court used to make to celebrate the New Year. A testimony of a luxurious life down to the last detail.

The

goldsmiths and merchants of small works were spoiled by these multiple

ordersA

diamond, mother of pearl and gold precious calendar, circa 1774