A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOURED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOURED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY THOMAS DEMELUN (FL. FROM 1782), MARKED, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOURED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY THOMAS DEMELUN (FL. FROM 1782), MARKED, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of engine-turning stamped with flowerheads on a reeded ground, within vari-colour gold rope-twist borders
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
2¼ oz. (64 gr.)
Provenance
with Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna.

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