Details
De section octogonale, décoré de panneaux guillochés de filets ondulants parsemés de pois, encadrés par des festons de laurier, matrice unie, poinçon dans le couvercle : charge, lettre-date (l) et maître-orfèvre ; sur le bord intérieur : décharge et control postérieur
L.: 10,5 cm. (418 in.)
32 gr. (1 oz.)
Provenance
Vente Sotheby's, New York, 4 juin 1998, lot 46.
FURTHER DETAILS
A LOUIS XVI THREE-COLOUR GOLD ETUI A CIRE
PARIS, 1787, MAKER'S MARK ILLEGIBLE
Of faceted tapering form, engine turned with pellets and flowerheads on reeded ground within chased laurel borders, blank matrix, marked inside cover: charge, date-letter (l) and maker's mark; on sleeve: decharge and later control marks
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