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BY MATHIEU-PIERRE DUBOIS (FL. 1788-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1787/1788, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789
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A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED GLASS BONBONNIÈRE
by Mathieu-Pierre Dubois (fl. 1788-1793), marked, Paris, 1787/1788, with the second charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1782-1789
Circular box, the independent cover set with a biscuit plaque depicting a seated young lady beside a column with a putto standing on top, in white on a blue ground, under convex glass, stamped foliage gold mounts, the sides and base set with blue glass panels on a foil ground engine-turned with concentric circles and with reeding scattered with stars and pellets, the gold side dividers stamped with foliage, the interior lined with black tortoiseshell
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
by Mathieu-Pierre Dubois (fl. 1788-1793), marked, Paris, 1787/1788, with the second charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1782-1789
Circular box, the independent cover set with a biscuit plaque depicting a seated young lady beside a column with a putto standing on top, in white on a blue ground, under convex glass, stamped foliage gold mounts, the sides and base set with blue glass panels on a foil ground engine-turned with concentric circles and with reeding scattered with stars and pellets, the gold side dividers stamped with foliage, the interior lined with black tortoiseshell
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 26 April 1977, lot 265 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-53).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-53).
Special notice
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