Details
Circulaire à décor guilloché de filets parsemés de pois et fleurs, le bord ciselé de rinceaux et roses sur fond sablé, le couvercle centré d'un médaillon figurant un trophée de musique sur socle en enroulements sur fond sablé et bordé de feuilles, poinçons dans le fond, le côté, et le couvercle: charge, lettre-date (L millésimée), et sur la gorge: décharge et poinçon de contrôle postérieur
D.: 6,2 cm. (212 in.)
82 gr. (2 oz. 13 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, New York, 28 avril 1992, lot 107.
FURTHER DETAILS
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE
BY ANTOINE-LOUIS ANTHIAUME, PARIS, 1786
Circular, the sides, base and cover with reeded engine-turned ground scattered with pellets and flowerheads and enclosed by vari-colour gold foliate swag borders, the cover with central circular panel with vari-colour musical trophy on foliate plinth amid scrolls and enclosed by a laurel band, marked on interior base, side and cover: charge, date-letter (L) and maker's mark; on flange: decharge and later control mark
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