Lot Essay
Jean-Louis La Cour was sponsored by the famous gold box maker Claude de Villers. He struck his mark in 1737 and was buried on 27 December 1768.
BY JEAN-LOUIS LA COUR, MARKED, PARIS, 1752/1753, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN BERTHE
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A FINE LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Jean-Louis La Cour, marked, Paris, 1752/1753, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe
Oval box, the cover, sides and base engraved with landscapes with classical ruins, castles and ships, enamelled en basse-taille in translucent bleu royal, against a burnished gold ground all over engraved with a diaper pattern, the rims engraved with wavy reeded bands interlaced with leaves
53 mm. (2.1/8 in.) wide
by Jean-Louis La Cour, marked, Paris, 1752/1753, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe
Oval box, the cover, sides and base engraved with landscapes with classical ruins, castles and ships, enamelled en basse-taille in translucent bleu royal, against a burnished gold ground all over engraved with a diaper pattern, the rims engraved with wavy reeded bands interlaced with leaves
53 mm. (2.1/8 in.) wide