Details
De forme lingot, ciselée en relief sur toutes les faces de scènes de jardin sur fond architectural figurant des lapins sur le couvercle, un râteau sur le fond, des fleurs, feuillages, fontaine et vases sur fond guilloché d'un treillage stylisé, dans un écrin en cuir noir, poinçons dans le couvercle, le fond et les cotes: charge, lettre-date (s) et trace; sur la gorge: décharge
L.: 8 cm. (318 in.)
156 gr. (5 oz.)
Provenance
Vente Phillips, Londres, 21 janvier 1994, lot 59.
FURTHER DETAILS
A LOUIS XV FOUR-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PARIS, 1758-1759
Ingot shaped, the surfaces chased in high relief with scenes on an engine-turned background, each scene enclosed by partially foliate rococo scrolls, the cover depicting a garden with steps up to a fountain, an ornamental vase on pedestal with poplar trees in the background and rabbits and gardening implements in the foreground, the base and sides with similar garden scenes, in fitted black leather case, marked in cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (s) and trace of maker's mark rubbed; on flange: décharge
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