BY LA VEUVE GEORGE ALIAS JEANNE-FRANCOISES TEXIER (D. 1786), PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, PARIS COUNTERMARK FOR 1768-1774

Name: A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED AND LACQUER SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
Brand: BY LA VEUVE GEORGE ALIAS JEANNE-FRANCOISES TEXIER (D. 1786), PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, PARIS COUNTERMARK FOR 1768-1774
Price: 6000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 7,560

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GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

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A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED AND LACQUER SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE

BY LA VEUVE GEORGE ALIAS JEANNE-FRANCOISES TEXIER (D. 1786), PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768, PARIS COUNTERMARK FOR 1768-1774

Price Realised GBP 7,560

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

Price Realised GBP 7,560

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

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Oval box, the cover, sides and base set with black lacquer overlaid with gold strips and hung with laurel garlands, the rims of the cover and the base with chased foliate border, the sides with ovolo border, the cover set with a fixé-sous-verre miniature depicting a harbour scene with family in the foreground after Joseph Vernet
2 3/4 in. (70 mm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 November 1943, lot 129.
Albert Marber (1900-1960), then by descent.
The Late Albert Marber; Christie's, London, 8-22 September 2022, lot 156.

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Lot Essay

The Louvre Museum holds a near identical snuff-box (OA 2154) gifted by Philippe Lenoir in 1874 also dated 1767/1768 with similar decoration and miniature after Joseph Vernet (S. Grandjean, , Paris, 1981, no. 119, p. 108).

Jean George, seigneur de Bry, was 'one of the most celebrated of the French gold boxes makers' (C. Truman, , Los Angeles, 1991, p. 71). He worked extensively for the French Court, supplying gold boxes for the service of the as well as boxes for the service of the royal gifts, the He gave his name to a particular type of box, the 'georgette', known from contemporary references, although the exact style is no longer clear. Following his death on the 6 June 1765 his widow, Jeanne-Françoise Texier, continued his business with her late husband's only apprentice Pierre-Francois-Mathis de Beaulieu, under the name 'Mme George, Veuve George Beaulieu' and 'Veuve George Beaulieu et Guenet' from 1768, when Beaulieu became a master, until 1778 when the name Beaulieu appears alone. Jeanne-Françoise Texier died in 1786.