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MAKER'S MARK J C, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1783-1789
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK J C, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1783-1789
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base with panels of wavy engine-turning stamped at intervals with pellets and flowerheads within chased foliate and entrelac gold borders; together with a gold etui, the cover and base chased with scrolls and flowersprays on a frosted ground within reeded gold borders, blank matrix, Paris, with the charge and decharge marks of Julien Alaterre 1768-1775
The snuff-box 3¼ in. (85 mm.) wide, the etui 4½ in. (116 mm.) high
The snuff-box 88 gr., the etui 50 gr.
MAKER'S MARK J C, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1783-1789
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base with panels of wavy engine-turning stamped at intervals with pellets and flowerheads within chased foliate and entrelac gold borders; together with a gold etui, the cover and base chased with scrolls and flowersprays on a frosted ground within reeded gold borders, blank matrix, Paris, with the charge and decharge marks of Julien Alaterre 1768-1775
The snuff-box 3¼ in. (85 mm.) wide, the etui 4½ in. (116 mm.) high
The snuff-box 88 gr., the etui 50 gr.
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