PARIS, 1754, THE FLANGE SIGNED GARAND À PARIS

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A LOUIS XV GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
PARIS, 1754, THE FLANGE SIGNED GARAND À PARIS
Ingot-shaped, the cover, base and sides with Rococo scrolls and architectural capriccios, with birds and animals and hunting trophies against a ground of blue basse-taille enamel trelliswork, marked in cover, side and base: charge, date-letter (O); on flange with decharge and engraved Garand A Paris
3 in. (7.5 cm.) long
gross weight 4 oz. 18 dwt. (153 gr.)

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Lot Essay

Jean-François Garand (c.1720-1778) was apprenticed to Leopold Arthaud from 1735 and then Richard Jarry from 1740. He entered his mark in 1748 and took over the workshop of Jean-François Ravechet, whose widow Marie-Francoise Lecoq he then married. Garand was an important supplier of the Menus-Plaisir du Roi and the Presents du Roi. Garand was also a retailer, selling a wide range of items such as harpsichords (advertisement from 1755) but also boxes on which he added his signature. He is known to have sold boxes by the goldsmiths including Formey, Le Bastier and Robert.

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