Details
Ovale, à décor guilloché de filets parsemés de trèfles, les bordures ciselées de bouquets de roses et bourgeons de fleurs, les panneaux latéraux scandés de trophées de musique, poinçons dans le fond, le couvercle, les côtés; charge, lettre-date (p) et maître-orfèvre; sur la gorge: décharge, garantie de l'or, recense pour 1809-1819 et poinçon de contrôle postérieur
L.: 6,8 cm. (258 in.)
84 gr. (2 oz. 14 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Sotheby's, New York, 4 juin 1998, lot 52.
FURTHER DETAILS
A LOUIS XVI THREE-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOX
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT, PARIS, 1784-1785
Oval, engine turned with trefoil motifs on a reeded ground within chased borders of roses and buds, the sides divided with small musical trophies, marked in cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (p) and maker's mark; on the flange: décharge, recense for 1809-1819 and later control mark
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