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A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY AND FOILED BLUE GLASS BONBONNIÈRE
Paris, 1775-1781, with the discharge of Jean-Baptiste Fouache
Circular ivory box, the independent cover set "en plein" with a translucent blue glass plaque encrusted with trophies in the center, surrounded by a garland of leaves alternating with flowers, laid down on a foil engine-turned with a concentric money pattern, the gold mount engraved with an entrelac-de-rubans pattern, the interior of the box lined with a straw composition decorated with a multi-colour flower design, the gold mounts on the sides and base engraved with reeding -- 61 mm diam., the ivory at the sides cracked
Paris, 1775-1781, with the discharge of Jean-Baptiste Fouache
Circular ivory box, the independent cover set "en plein" with a translucent blue glass plaque encrusted with trophies in the center, surrounded by a garland of leaves alternating with flowers, laid down on a foil engine-turned with a concentric money pattern, the gold mount engraved with an entrelac-de-rubans pattern, the interior of the box lined with a straw composition decorated with a multi-colour flower design, the gold mounts on the sides and base engraved with reeding -- 61 mm diam., the ivory at the sides cracked