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A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DELAFONS, MARKED, PARIS, 1737/1738, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HUBERT LOUVET, THE ENAMEL BLOIS SCHOOL, CIRCA 1650
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A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Pierre-François Delafons, marked, Paris, 1737/1738, with the charge and discharge marks of Hubert Louvet, the enamel Blois School, circa 1650
Circular box, the hinged cover and base with bombé sides consisting of a transformed Louis XIV gold watch-case cover and base enamelled with the Choice of Hercules on lid and base and with four oval cartouches depicting architectural views on a ground enamelled in purple camaïeu with vegetables, the counter-enamels at the inside painted en grisaille with landscapes on a blue ground, the plain gold mounts with concave sides, reeded borders and slightly raised reeded thumbpiece
36 mm. (1 3/8 in) diam.
by Pierre-François Delafons, marked, Paris, 1737/1738, with the charge and discharge marks of Hubert Louvet, the enamel Blois School, circa 1650
Circular box, the hinged cover and base with bombé sides consisting of a transformed Louis XIV gold watch-case cover and base enamelled with the Choice of Hercules on lid and base and with four oval cartouches depicting architectural views on a ground enamelled in purple camaïeu with vegetables, the counter-enamels at the inside painted en grisaille with landscapes on a blue ground, the plain gold mounts with concave sides, reeded borders and slightly raised reeded thumbpiece
36 mm. (1 3/8 in) diam.