A FINE LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

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A FINE LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Mathieu Coiny, Paris 1765/1766, with the charge of Jean-Jacques Prevost

Shuttle-shaped gold box, the cover set with an oblong oval enamel miniature representing the Muse Clio with a putto seated on clouds, painted en grisaille on a pink ground, in a frame with ribbon-tie surmount and foliage, both cover and base decorated with translucent green enamel on wavy laurel bands and rosettes, the sides similarly enamelled with rosettes enclosed by interwoven gold bands -- 8.9 cm wide

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Mathieu Coiny (1723-after 1788), son of a master goldsmith at Versailles, struck his mark in Paris in 1755, his father acting as sponsor. Appointed Bijoutier Ordinaire des Princes in 1767, Coiny became an official of the Guild in 1771/1772.

The enamel on the lid is after an engraving of 1756 by J. Daullé, after Boucher.

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