THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
BY MELCHIOR-RENÉ BARRE, MARKED, PARIS, 1786, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
by Melchior-René Barre, marked, Paris, 1786, with the charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel
Circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with panels of concentrical reeding stamped with alternating circles of flowerheads and pellets, the sides with horizontally reeded guilloché similarly sprinkled, within matted borders chased with trailing foliage, scrolls and flowerheads and a laurel and berry garland in two-colour gold
74 mm. (2 7/8 in.) diam.
(113 gr.)
by Melchior-René Barre, marked, Paris, 1786, with the charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel
Circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with panels of concentrical reeding stamped with alternating circles of flowerheads and pellets, the sides with horizontally reeded guilloché similarly sprinkled, within matted borders chased with trailing foliage, scrolls and flowerheads and a laurel and berry garland in two-colour gold
74 mm. (2 7/8 in.) diam.
(113 gr.)