Lot Essay
The coat-of-arms may refer to a member of the de Langeac family from Auvergne.
FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE BARONNE ***
A LOUIS XV FOUR-COLOURED SEALING-WAX CASE
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A LOUIS XV FOUR-COLOURED SEALING-WAX CASE
Paris 1763/1764, with the charge and discharge of Jean-Jacques Prévost
Shaped cylindrical étui, the cover and base with four plain reserves each, bordered with bands of trailing flowers chased and engraved in four-coloured gold on a sablé ground, the cover topped by a chased rosette on a star, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a count's coronet -- 116 mm long
Paris 1763/1764, with the charge and discharge of Jean-Jacques Prévost
Shaped cylindrical étui, the cover and base with four plain reserves each, bordered with bands of trailing flowers chased and engraved in four-coloured gold on a sablé ground, the cover topped by a chased rosette on a star, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a count's coronet -- 116 mm long