Lot Essay
Le jeu de tressette ou "trois-sept" est un jeu de levée dans lequel quatre joueurs utilisent un jeu de cartes ainsi que des marqueurs, des jetons et des fiches similaires à ceux de notre écrin. Une intéressante tabatière en porcelaine de Vienne de la manufacture Du Paquier, vers 1735, aujourd'hui conservée au Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York (inv. 1977.216.11), nous indique sur son couvercle la disposition de ces différents éléments lors d'une partie. D'origine italienne, c'est un jeu qui eut un grand succès en Europe, surtout durant la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle. Les rares exemplaires conservés sont toujours réalisés dans des matériaux couteux. Parmi ceux-ci comptons un ensemble en nacre au musée de la Carte à jouer d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (inv. IS 90.11.2.5) ; deux lots lors de la vente Mes Lenormand et Doyen, Drouot, Paris, 18 mai 1990, lots 219 et 220 en nacre, or et améthyste ; un en nacre de l'ancienne collection Landau (vente Christie's, Paris, 21 juin 2011, lot 137).
The "jeu de tressette" or "three-seven" is a game of leverage in which four players use a pack of cards as well as markers, tokens and cards similar to those in our case. An interesting porcelain snuffbox in Vienna produced by the Du Paquier factory, circa 1735, now in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (inv. no. 1977.216.11), shows the arrangement of these various elements on its lid. Italian in origin, this game was a great success in Europe, especially in the second half of the Eighteenth Century. The few surviving examples are all made from expensive materials. These include a mother-of-pearl set in the Musée de la Carte à jouer at Issy-les-Moulineaux (inv. no. IS 90.11.2.5); two lots in the Mes Lenormand and Doyen sale in mother-of-pearl, gold and amethyst (Drouot, Paris, 18 May 1990, lots 219 and 220); and a mother-of-pearl set from the former Landau Collection (Christie's sale, Paris, 21 June 2011, lot 137).
The "jeu de tressette" or "three-seven" is a game of leverage in which four players use a pack of cards as well as markers, tokens and cards similar to those in our case. An interesting porcelain snuffbox in Vienna produced by the Du Paquier factory, circa 1735, now in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (inv. no. 1977.216.11), shows the arrangement of these various elements on its lid. Italian in origin, this game was a great success in Europe, especially in the second half of the Eighteenth Century. The few surviving examples are all made from expensive materials. These include a mother-of-pearl set in the Musée de la Carte à jouer at Issy-les-Moulineaux (inv. no. IS 90.11.2.5); two lots in the Mes Lenormand and Doyen sale in mother-of-pearl, gold and amethyst (Drouot, Paris, 18 May 1990, lots 219 and 220); and a mother-of-pearl set from the former Landau Collection (Christie's sale, Paris, 21 June 2011, lot 137).