BY DAVID LHONOREY, MARKED, PARIS, 1789, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-FRANOIS KALENDRIN
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
by David Lhonorey, marked, Paris, 1789, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Franois Kalendrin
Slightly tapering two-colour gold étui-à-cire of rectangular section with canted corners, the slightly domed cover topped by a chased rosette, with plain matrix, the four sides of both cover and base with engine-turned panels of vertical reeding diagonally twisted with spiralling strings of pellets, bordered by sablé bands chased with husks, scrolls and pellets
126 mm. (5 in.) long
36 gr. (1 oz.)
by David Lhonorey, marked, Paris, 1789, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Franois Kalendrin
Slightly tapering two-colour gold étui-à-cire of rectangular section with canted corners, the slightly domed cover topped by a chased rosette, with plain matrix, the four sides of both cover and base with engine-turned panels of vertical reeding diagonally twisted with spiralling strings of pellets, bordered by sablé bands chased with husks, scrolls and pellets
126 mm. (5 in.) long
36 gr. (1 oz.)