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BY MATHIEU COINY, MARKED, PARIS, 1767/1768, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF JEAN-JACQUES PRVOST 1762-1768 AND THE DISCHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775, THE MINIATURE BY CARLO POLUZZI, SIGNED WITH INITIALS, 1961
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A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Mathieu Coiny, marked, Paris, 1767/1768, with the charge mark of Jean-Jacques Prvost 1762-1768 and the discharge mark of Julien Alaterre 1768-1775, the miniature by Carlo Poluzzi, signed with initials, 1961
Elongated oval box, the cover enamelled with an oval miniature of Queen Marie Leszczynska (1703-1768), wife of King Louis XV of France, wearing a court dress and rich jewellery, surrounded by boldly chased c-scrolls, roses and floral swags with translucent blue enamelled guilloch reserves, the sides and base similarly enamelled en basse-taille on reserves chased and engraved with a harbour scene, an architectural landscape, flowers and a trophy of love, within foliage borders chased in two-colour gold
36 in. (90 mm.) wide
by Mathieu Coiny, marked, Paris, 1767/1768, with the charge mark of Jean-Jacques Prvost 1762-1768 and the discharge mark of Julien Alaterre 1768-1775, the miniature by Carlo Poluzzi, signed with initials, 1961
Elongated oval box, the cover enamelled with an oval miniature of Queen Marie Leszczynska (1703-1768), wife of King Louis XV of France, wearing a court dress and rich jewellery, surrounded by boldly chased c-scrolls, roses and floral swags with translucent blue enamelled guilloch reserves, the sides and base similarly enamelled en basse-taille on reserves chased and engraved with a harbour scene, an architectural landscape, flowers and a trophy of love, within foliage borders chased in two-colour gold
36 in. (90 mm.) wide
Literature
Exhibition catalogue Carlo Poluzzi 1899-1978, Carouge/Geneva, Muse de Carouge, 1989-1990, illustrated p. 48, no. 74 (the miniature as painted in Summer 1961 after the oil painting by Van Loo in the Louvre, for a New York Antiques Dealer).