Rectangulaire, ciselée de vues architecturales dans des cartouches rocailles ornées de guirlandes de fleurs, centrée sur le couvercle et le fond d'un large bouquet de fleurs ciselé en relief, poinçons dans le fond, le couvercle et les côtés: charge, lettre-date (o) et maître-orfèvre; sur la gorge: décharge
L.: 6,7 cm. (2¹⁄₂ in.)
132 gr. (4 oz. 5 dwt.)

Vente Christie's, Genève, 17 novembre 1992, lot 408.

A LOUIS XV GOLD SNUFF-BOX,
BY MELCHIOR-NICOLAS MOUTIER, PARIS, 1753-1754
Rectangular, chased overall with swags of flowers against engraved architectural backgrounds within scrolling cartouches, centred on the cover and base with a large flower bouquet, marked in cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (o) and maker's mark; on flange: decharge

Melchior-Nicolas Moutier is mentioned first in 1736 as an apprentice of Jacques Briand. He entered his mark in 1747, and must have died between 1759 and 1764.

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Melchior-Nicolas Moutier, mentionné pour la première fois en 1736 comme apprenti de Jacques Briand, a insculpté son poinçon en 1747, et est mort entre 1759 et 1764.