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Details
FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, 19TH CENTURY, WITH MARKS RESEMBLING THOSE OF JEAN FORMEY, PARIS, 1772
Oval , the lid, sides and base chased with stripes enamelled in opaque white, blue and translucent green entwined with laurel garlands, the white bands decorated with flowerheads, the rims with laurel bands, fully marked in cover, base and side with Paris prestige marks of Julien Alaterre including charge, date-letter (J) and maker's mark; on flange with décharge and later French control marks; the flange engraved: Formey A Paris
Size/Dimensions: 8.9 cm. (3 ½ in.) long
Gross weight: 142.8 gr. (4 oz. 11 dwt.)
Oval , the lid, sides and base chased with stripes enamelled in opaque white, blue and translucent green entwined with laurel garlands, the white bands decorated with flowerheads, the rims with laurel bands, fully marked in cover, base and side with Paris prestige marks of Julien Alaterre including charge, date-letter (J) and maker's mark; on flange with décharge and later French control marks; the flange engraved: Formey A Paris
Size/Dimensions: 8.9 cm. (3 ½ in.) long
Gross weight: 142.8 gr. (4 oz. 11 dwt.)
Provenance
Mr Léon M. Lowenstein, Paris.
Collection Lowenstein, Galerie Charpentier, 17 December 1935, lot 100.
Sotheby's, Paris, 19 November 2019, lot 34.
Collection Lowenstein, Galerie Charpentier, 17 December 1935, lot 100.
Sotheby's, Paris, 19 November 2019, lot 34.
Brought to you by
Angela Berden
Head of Sale, Senior Specialist