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BY SIMON-ACHILLE LGER (FL. 1820-1826), MARKED, WITH THE EXCISE AND THIRD STANDARD MARKS FOR GOLD, PARIS, 1819-1838 AND THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD
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A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Simon-Achille Lger (fl. 1820-1826), marked, with the excise and third standard marks for gold, Paris, 1819-1838 and the post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover and base decorated with rectangular panels of crossed diagonal engine-turning forming a pattern of flowerheads on a trelliswork ground, within fluted bands, on a frosted ground stamped with trailing foliage and pine cones, the sides stamped with panels of vertical engine-turning, very slightly raised engraved thumbpiece
3 in. (77 mm.) wide
2 oz. (69 gr.)
by Simon-Achille Lger (fl. 1820-1826), marked, with the excise and third standard marks for gold, Paris, 1819-1838 and the post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover and base decorated with rectangular panels of crossed diagonal engine-turning forming a pattern of flowerheads on a trelliswork ground, within fluted bands, on a frosted ground stamped with trailing foliage and pine cones, the sides stamped with panels of vertical engine-turning, very slightly raised engraved thumbpiece
3 in. (77 mm.) wide
2 oz. (69 gr.)