A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE

BY NICOLAS DURIER, MARKED, PARIS, 1777/1778, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE AND BOTH COUNTERMARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
by Nicolas Durier, marked, Paris, 1777/1778, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache and both countermarks of Henry Clavel
Slightly tapering two-colour gold étui-à-cire of oval section, both cover and base with four panels of engine-turning within burnished borders divided by husks, the borders chased with bands of stylized acanthus, the slightly domed top chased with a swirling floral rosette, the matrix engraved with an alliage coat-of-arms
118 mm. (4.5/8 in.) long
45 gr. (1 oz.)
Sale room notice
This sealing-wax case is illustrated on p. 99 UPPER RIGHT.
Cet étui-à-cire est illustré sur la page 99 EN HAUT A DROITE.

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The arms are those of Charles-Guillaume Jean-Baptiste-Louis de Pechpeyrou-Comminges, comte de Guitaut, marquis d'Epoisse (1759-1835) and Charlotte-Victoire du Champ d'Assaut, who married in 1786.

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