Details
Circulaire, à décor guilloché de filets concentriques parsemés de fleurs, les bords ciselés de baies flanquées de branches de feuilles sur fond sablé, le couvercle centré d’un trophée militaire, la base d’un trophée de musique, poinçons dans le couvercle, le fond et le côté: charge, lettre-date (r) et maître-orfèvre ; sur la gorge : décharge
D.: 7,4 cm. (278 in.)
132 gr. (4 oz. 4 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Bonhams, Londres, 28 octobre 1997, lot 44.
FURTHER DETAILS
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOX
PARIS, 1781, MAKER'S MARK PARTIALLY LEGIBLE
Circular, decorated with concentric reeding scattered with flowerheads, within a foliate and berried friese, the cover chased in centre with a military trophy, the underside with a musical trophy, marked inside cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (r) et maker; on flange: decharge
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