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BY PAUL-NICOLAS MENIERE (FL. 1775-1826), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NO. 241
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A LOUIS XVI FOUR-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE
BY PAUL-NICOLAS MENIERE (FL. 1775-1826), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NO. 241
circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with concentric reeding within trailing green gold laurel and pink gold flowers on sablé ground bands, the sides similarly decorated with horizontal engine-turning and foliate bands, the cover centred with an oval medallion reserve applied with trophies of Music in four colours of gold on a frosted ground within a polished gold band
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
2½ oz. (82 gr.)
BY PAUL-NICOLAS MENIERE (FL. 1775-1826), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NO. 241
circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with concentric reeding within trailing green gold laurel and pink gold flowers on sablé ground bands, the sides similarly decorated with horizontal engine-turning and foliate bands, the cover centred with an oval medallion reserve applied with trophies of Music in four colours of gold on a frosted ground within a polished gold band
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
2½ oz. (82 gr.)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 2 June 2009, lot 159 (as by Nicolas Marguerit).
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Amelia Anderson