Lot 224
224
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1838-1919

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1838-1919
narrow oblong box with rounded ends, the cover, sides and base set with panels of peaked-pattern engine-turning within polished gold frames, with slightly raised chased vari-colour gold foliate outer borders
3 7/8 in. (94 mm.) wide
4 oz. (124 gr.)

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Lot Essay

Nicolas Marguerit was apprenticed in 1751 and became master on the 17 January 1763. In 1766, he is listed as residing in cour Lamoignon and is last mentioned in 1790.
For another box by this goldsmith see lot 310.

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