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BY JEAN-BAPTISTE LIZON (FL. 1757-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1760/1761, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
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AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE LIZON (FL. 1757-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1760/1761, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base boldly chased in four colour gold with trophies of gardening, a young lady holding a rake on the cover, a gentleman with a wheel-barrow on the front side panel and a dog seated in a garden on the base, against a sun-burst ground and within scrolling cartouches, with entrelac chased outer borders
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide
3¾ oz. (114 gr.)
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE LIZON (FL. 1757-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1760/1761, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base boldly chased in four colour gold with trophies of gardening, a young lady holding a rake on the cover, a gentleman with a wheel-barrow on the front side panel and a dog seated in a garden on the base, against a sun-burst ground and within scrolling cartouches, with entrelac chased outer borders
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide
3¾ oz. (114 gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 2009, lot 129.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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