A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE

MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1785/1786, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1785/1786, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
slightly tapering étui-à-cire of flattened oval section, both sides of cover and base enamelled with scattered translucent royal blue enamel paillons centred with green enamel quatrefoils on an engine-turned ground, within opaque white enamel fillets, the sablé borders with transluscent blue and green enamel scrolls and foliage with opalescent white enamel berries, bright-cut rims, the matrix engraved with a cypher
4¾ in. (120 mm.) long

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