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A LOUIS XV FOUR-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1771, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE OF JULIEN ALATERRE, WITH LATER CONTROL MARKS
Of quatrefoil section, the sides chased and engraved with husks on a stippled ground alternating with flutes, between floral garland bands on stippled ground, with reeded mounts, the domed top with a flowerspray and four bright-cut engraved rosettes, the base chased with a coat-of-arms, split to flange, marked on the flange and inside the cover
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1771, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE OF JULIEN ALATERRE, WITH LATER CONTROL MARKS
Of quatrefoil section, the sides chased and engraved with husks on a stippled ground alternating with flutes, between floral garland bands on stippled ground, with reeded mounts, the domed top with a flowerspray and four bright-cut engraved rosettes, the base chased with a coat-of-arms, split to flange, marked on the flange and inside the cover
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) long