Lot 33
33
A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY CHARLES-ALEXANDRE BOUILLEROT (FL. 1769-1792), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774

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A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES-ALEXANDRE BOUILLEROT (FL. 1769-1792), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of peak-pattern engine-turning within raised vari-colour gold foliate borders, the cover centred with an oval sablé cartouche chased with vari-colour gold trophies within a ribbon-tied foliate frame, the four side pilasters chased with swags on a sablé gold ground
3 in. (75 mm.) wide
4 oz. (128 gr.)

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Lot Essay

The Parisian goldsmith Charles-Alexandre Bouillerot was born around 1737 into a family of goldsmiths whose earliest known member was Nicolas Bouillerot (1720-1754). Charles-Alexandre apprenticed under Jean-Louis Bouillerot and was accepted as a master by the Cour des Monnaies in 1769. In 1774, he began to supply gold boxes to the prestigious firm Au Petit Dunkerque. At the beginning of the revolution, he served as Captain of the Garde Nationael Volontaire, but nothing is known of him after 1792.

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