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BY JACQUES-FLIX VIENNOT (FL. 1785-1812), MARKED, WITH THE EXCISE AND THIRD STANDARD MARKS FOR GOLD, PARIS, 1798-1809, THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD AND LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
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A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Jacques-Flix Viennot (fl. 1785-1812), marked, with the excise and third standard marks for gold, Paris, 1798-1809, the post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold and later French control marks
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, four sides and base decorated with rectangular panels of crossed wavy vertical and horizontal engine-turning forming a pattern of floating shuttles, within plain gold borders, slightly raised wavy plain thumbpiece
2 in. (64 mm.) wide
2 oz. (65 gr.)
by Jacques-Flix Viennot (fl. 1785-1812), marked, with the excise and third standard marks for gold, Paris, 1798-1809, the post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold and later French control marks
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, four sides and base decorated with rectangular panels of crossed wavy vertical and horizontal engine-turning forming a pattern of floating shuttles, within plain gold borders, slightly raised wavy plain thumbpiece
2 in. (64 mm.) wide
2 oz. (65 gr.)