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.
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.
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