Lot Essay
For a discussion on the development in Paris of the art of ornamental turning on a lathe, see C. Truman, The Wallace Collection of Gold Boxes, London, 2013, p. 61.
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PARIS, 1757/1758, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762 AND THE CONTROL MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774 AND JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 842
Details
A LOUIS XV GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PARIS, 1757/1758, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762 AND THE CONTROL MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774 AND JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 842
rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of wavy coin-pattern engine-turning within reeded and chased gold borders
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
6 oz. (182 gr.)
PARIS, 1757/1758, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762 AND THE CONTROL MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774 AND JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 842
rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of wavy coin-pattern engine-turning within reeded and chased gold borders
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
6 oz. (182 gr.)
Provenance
Possibly Sotheby's, London, 20 December 1971, lot 170.
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