STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1786

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A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
STRASBOURG, CIRCA 1786
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of wave-pattern engine-turning within slightly raised foliate vari-colour gold sablé borders and pilasters, the cover centred an oval sablé cartouche with two doves before an altar to love applied in vari-colour gold
3 1/3 in. (85 mm.) wide
4¼ oz. (122 gr.)

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Lot Essay

See J. Helft, Le Poinçon des Provinces Françaises, Paris, 1968, ill. 89 a, No 1095, p. 378, for more information on the Strasbourg mark. The Strasbourg gold standard mark is illustrated in J. Kugel et al., Vermeilleux, l'Argent doré de Strasbourg du XVIe au XIXe siècle, Paris, 2014, Annexe 5, Répertoire des poinçons p.2.

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