A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY JACQUES-FÉLIX VIENOT (FL. 1785-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1798-1809, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD

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A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JACQUES-FÉLIX VIENOT (FL. 1785-1806), MARKED, PARIS, 1798-1809, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base with panels of engine-turning stamped with flowerheads and lozenges in polished gold frames, within trailing foliate sablé borders
3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide
3¼ oz. (100 gr.)
Provenance
with Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna.
Further details
For another box by this goldsmith see lot 242.

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