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BY TIENNE-PIERRE ROUSSELET (FL. 1788-1811), WITH THE EXCISE AND THIRD STANDARD MARKS FOR GOLD, PARIS 1798-1809 AND THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD
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A FRENCH VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by tienne-Pierre Rousselet (fl. 1788-1811), with the excise and third standard marks for gold, Paris 1798-1809 and the post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold
Octagonal box, the cover, four sides and base engine-turned with horizontal reeding scattered with rice, the canted corners engraved with vertical engine-turned reeding and framed by eight columns hung with festoons, the frosted borders set with trailing foliage and flowerheads in two-colour gold, the lid centred by an oval reserve set with scrolling two-colour gold monogram FB on a sabl ground
2.13/16 in. (71 mm.) wide
1 oz. (54 gr.)
by tienne-Pierre Rousselet (fl. 1788-1811), with the excise and third standard marks for gold, Paris 1798-1809 and the post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold
Octagonal box, the cover, four sides and base engine-turned with horizontal reeding scattered with rice, the canted corners engraved with vertical engine-turned reeding and framed by eight columns hung with festoons, the frosted borders set with trailing foliage and flowerheads in two-colour gold, the lid centred by an oval reserve set with scrolling two-colour gold monogram FB on a sabl ground
2.13/16 in. (71 mm.) wide
1 oz. (54 gr.)