Lot 50
Lot 50
TABATIÈRE D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI EN OR DE QUATRE COULEURS

GENÈVE, VERS 1780, MAÎTRE-ORFÈVRE R SOUS COURONNE

Price Realised EUR 5,292
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EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000
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TABATIÈRE D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI EN OR DE QUATRE COULEURS

GENÈVE, VERS 1780, MAÎTRE-ORFÈVRE R SOUS COURONNE

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Rectangulaire, la base, les côtés et le couvercle gravés de bandes géométriques et feuillagées sur un fond guilloché, les bords ciselés de feuillages sur fond sablé, le couvercle à charnière centré d'un panneau rectangulaire à pans coupés figurant un vase flanqué de cornes d'abondance agrémentées d'enroulements feuillagés, poinçons dans le couvercle et le fond: maître-orfèvre; sur la gorge: recense
L.: 8,8 cm. (312 in.)
93 gr. (2 oz. 20 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, New York, 18 avril 1991, lot 159.
FURTHER DETAILS
A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX,
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, MAKER'S MARK A R UNDER CORONET
Rectangular, the base, sides and cover engraved with bands of braiding and stylised foliage on a engine-turned ground, enclosed by an applied border of vari-colour- foliate scrolls, the hinged cover with an applied rectangular panel with canted corners centred by a vase and two cornucopia with elaborate foliate scroll and laurel swags, marked in cover and in body: maker's mark; on flange: recense
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