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MARKED X SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN AND TWO FURTHER INDISTINCT MARKS INCLUDING INITIALS HB SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN, THE FLANGE MARKED WITH A HORSE FACING LEFT
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A LOUIS XV-STYLE MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MARKED X SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN AND TWO FURTHER INDISTINCT MARKS INCLUDING INITIALS HB SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN, THE FLANGE MARKED WITH A HORSE FACING LEFT
Rectangular gold-lined box, the mother-of-pearl cover, base and sides carved with rocaille and encrusted with gold piqué-posé reeded scrolls and wavy lozenges, the gold cagework mounts chased with c-scrolls and shells, raised incorporated shell-chased thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
MARKED X SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN AND TWO FURTHER INDISTINCT MARKS INCLUDING INITIALS HB SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN, THE FLANGE MARKED WITH A HORSE FACING LEFT
Rectangular gold-lined box, the mother-of-pearl cover, base and sides carved with rocaille and encrusted with gold piqué-posé reeded scrolls and wavy lozenges, the gold cagework mounts chased with c-scrolls and shells, raised incorporated shell-chased thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 10 November 1987, lot 307.
with Axel Vervoordt, Belgium.
with Kunsthandel Albrecht Neuhaus, Würzburg, Germany.
with Axel Vervoordt, Belgium.
with Kunsthandel Albrecht Neuhaus, Würzburg, Germany.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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