FREDERIC BOUCHERON PARIS "Le toucher" Louis RAULT Rare rectangular brooch in 18k (750) yellow gold chased in the round with acanthus leaves, depicting a field scene with a muse holding a bird and two lovers in a threaded frame. Circa 1875 Titled and signed on the obverse: Boucheron Paris Length: 3.7 cm, Width: 2 cm, Restoration on the hook Bibliography: Henri Vever, "French jewelry of the nineteenth century", Thames & Hudson, 2001, see the reproduction of a bracelet featuring the same subject and executed by Louis Rault (1847-1903) who became a ciseleur at Boucheron in 1868, p. 945 12,22g