A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY JEAN-BERNARD SAUVAGE, MARKED, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE AND INVENTORY NUMBER 58

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Jean-Bernard Sauvage, marked, Paris, 1775/1776, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache and inventory number 58
Oval box, the cover, four side panels and base engine-turned with a vertical coin pattern, the base centred with an oval reserve of frosted gold chased in three-colour gold with a fox chasing a swan in a riverside landscape, framed by husks and flowers, the side pilasters hung with laurel swags, the rims chased with bands of stylized acanthus
91 mm. (3.9/16 in.) wide
122 gr. (3 oz.)

Lot Essay

Jean-Bernard Sauvage struck his mark in 1762 and was last recorded in 1791. In 1784, he was fined for having left open the door of his shop at the place Dauphine during the night.
Serge Grandjean (Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, p. 158) illustrates two boxes by Sauvage and notes that only few snuff-boxes by Sauvage have survived.

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