BY LOUIS-FRANÇOIS TRONQUOY, MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE FRENCH GOLD EXPORTATION MARK FOR 1840-1879
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A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
by Louis-François Tronquoy, marked, Paris, with the French gold exportation mark for 1840-1879
Oval box, the cover inset with a silver-mounted mandorla-shaped slightly concave enamel plaque of wavy outline painted with a flowerspray on a translucent blue ground on a radiating guilloché panel, framed by an opaque white band, surrounded by a translucent blue cloisonné border engraved with translucent green enamelled gold leaves and vari-colour enamelled gold flowers, the sides and base chased with a geometrical pattern of interlaced circles and scrolling foliage on an enamelled translucent dark blue ground on an engine-turned base
85 mm. (3 3/8 in.) wide
by Louis-François Tronquoy, marked, Paris, with the French gold exportation mark for 1840-1879
Oval box, the cover inset with a silver-mounted mandorla-shaped slightly concave enamel plaque of wavy outline painted with a flowerspray on a translucent blue ground on a radiating guilloché panel, framed by an opaque white band, surrounded by a translucent blue cloisonné border engraved with translucent green enamelled gold leaves and vari-colour enamelled gold flowers, the sides and base chased with a geometrical pattern of interlaced circles and scrolling foliage on an enamelled translucent dark blue ground on an engine-turned base
85 mm. (3 3/8 in.) wide