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A LOUIS XV FOUR-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Jean Formey, Paris, 1757/1758, with the charge and discharge of Eloy Brichard
Oblong gold box, the cover, sides and base chased and engraved in four-colour gold with trophies of Music, Gardening and Love on engine-turned sunburst grounds, within cartouches of quatrefoil shape framed by reeded c-scrolls embellished by trailing foliage and flowersprays -- 87 mm wide
(145 gr.)
by Jean Formey, Paris, 1757/1758, with the charge and discharge of Eloy Brichard
Oblong gold box, the cover, sides and base chased and engraved in four-colour gold with trophies of Music, Gardening and Love on engine-turned sunburst grounds, within cartouches of quatrefoil shape framed by reeded c-scrolls embellished by trailing foliage and flowersprays -- 87 mm wide
(145 gr.)