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BY CHRISTIAN PETSCHLER (FL. 1814-1822), MARKED, WITH THE RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, PARIS 1809-1819 AND 1819-1838, AND THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD, ALSO WITH AN INDISTINCT MARK
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A FRENCH GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
by Christian Petschler (fl. 1814-1822), marked, with the restricted warranty marks for gold, Paris 1809-1819 and 1819-1838, and the Parisian post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18-carat gold, also with an indistinct mark
Scallop-shaped box, the cover and base set à jour with slightly raised blue mottled white moss agate panels, framed by narrow stylized acanthus gold mounts, the sides of the lid stamped with scrolling foliage and pine-cones on a sablé band, the matted sides of the base with four panels of vertical polished gold stripes on engine-turning, divided by stamped flowers, the lid with raised polished gold rim
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
by Christian Petschler (fl. 1814-1822), marked, with the restricted warranty marks for gold, Paris 1809-1819 and 1819-1838, and the Parisian post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18-carat gold, also with an indistinct mark
Scallop-shaped box, the cover and base set à jour with slightly raised blue mottled white moss agate panels, framed by narrow stylized acanthus gold mounts, the sides of the lid stamped with scrolling foliage and pine-cones on a sablé band, the matted sides of the base with four panels of vertical polished gold stripes on engine-turning, divided by stamped flowers, the lid with raised polished gold rim
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
Provenance
With Bulgari, Rome.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium