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TABATIÈRE D'ÉPOQUE RÉGENCE EN OR

PAR FRANÇOIS TIRON, PARIS, 1723-1724

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    EUR 25,000 - EUR 35,000
    Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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    TABATIÈRE D'ÉPOQUE RÉGENCE EN OR

    PAR FRANÇOIS TIRON, PARIS, 1723-1724

    Closed: 22 Nov 2023
    Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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    En forme de cartouche finement ciselé sur le couvercle de Hercule et Iphiclès jouant dans une clairière boisée sur fond sablé, les bords moulurés et ciselés d'attaches en coquilles, les côtés ciselés d'une scène en continu d'un paysage de campagne, sur le fond un chien essayant d'attraper un chat perché sur un mur, poinçons sur le côté: charge, lettre-date (g) et maître-orfèvre; sur la gorge: contremarque pour tous les ouvrages
    L.: 7,8 cm. (31⁄8 in.)
    108 gr. (3 oz. 9 dwt.)
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    Vente Christie's, New York, 20 octobre 1997, lot 13.
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    A REGENCE GOLD SNUFF-BOX
    BY FRANÇOIS TIRON, PARIS, 1723-1724
    Cartouche-shaped, the cover finely chased with a moulded rim with shells at intervals enclosing a landscape scene with Hercules and     Iphicles on a matted background, the side panels with landscapes and shells at intervals, the base chased with a scene of a cat and dog in an architectural landscape, marked on interior base: charge, date-letter (g) and maker; on flange: decharge

    François Tiron (1680-1734) is the second generation of an important dynasty of goldsmiths. The son of jean Tiron (before 1654-1712), « maître fondeur en sable or et argent » (gold and silver caster). He entered his mark in 1757 sponsored by Jean de Villeclerc.
    Gold boxes by this maker are extremely rare probably because gold boxes dating from before 1740 are rare due not only to the aftermath of Louis XIV Sumptuary Laws but also the melting downs and the change in taste.This snuff-box is typical in shape and design of boxes of this early period, flat, cartouche shaped and all in gold.
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