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BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval gold box, the cover, sides and base with panels of reptile-skin engine-turning, the cover centred with an oval cartouche with applied intertwined foliate initials 'G D' on a frosted gold ground within a chased frame, the four side pilasters with vertical reeding between husks, twisted foliate borders
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
3½ oz. (108 gr.)
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval gold box, the cover, sides and base with panels of reptile-skin engine-turning, the cover centred with an oval cartouche with applied intertwined foliate initials 'G D' on a frosted gold ground within a chased frame, the four side pilasters with vertical reeding between husks, twisted foliate borders
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
3½ oz. (108 gr.)
Provenance
With Lukacs-Donath Antichità, Rome.
Brought to you by
Tom Johans
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