Details
Ovale, à décor guilloché de grains de riz entourés d'une bordure ciselée de feuilles d'acanthe, les panneaux latéraux rythmés par des trophées de musique, poinçons dans le couvercle, le fond et le côté: charge, lettre-date (l) et maître-orfèvre, sur la gorge: décharge et poinçon de contrôle postérieur
L.: 5,6 cm. (214 in.)
72 gr. (2 oz. 6 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, Londres, 14 octobre 1992, lot 120.
FURTHER DETAILS
A LOUIS XVI GOLD SNUFF-BOX,
BY PIERRE LOUIS DE MACHY, PARIS, 1774-5, WITH THE CHARGE AND EXPORT MARK OF JEAN- BAPTISTE FOUACHE
Oval with engine turned panels within acanthus borders, the side chased and engraved with four trophies at intervals, marked in cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (l) and maker's mark; on flange: décharge
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