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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
BY ALEXIS PROFFIT, MARKED, PARIS 1784-1788, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF HENRY CLAVEL
Circular box with independent cover, all over engine-turned with panels of concentrical reeding stamped with scattered flowerheads, within borders of sablé bands applied with twisted ropes of two-colour gold, the cover and base centred by rosettes chased in two-colour gold 74mm. (2 15/16in.) diam.
(124gr.)
BY ALEXIS PROFFIT, MARKED, PARIS 1784-1788, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF HENRY CLAVEL
Circular box with independent cover, all over engine-turned with panels of concentrical reeding stamped with scattered flowerheads, within borders of sablé bands applied with twisted ropes of two-colour gold, the cover and base centred by rosettes chased in two-colour gold 74mm. (2 15/16in.) diam.
(124gr.)