A LOUIS XVI ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD BOTE--ROUGE
A LOUIS XVI ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD BOTE--ROUGE

BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BECKERS, MARKED, PARIS 1779/1780, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1781-1783 AND THE MARK FOR OLD WORKS OF JEAN-FRANOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792

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A LOUIS XVI ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD BOTE--ROUGE
by Jean-Baptiste Beckers, marked, Paris 1779/1780, with the first charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1781-1783 and the mark for old works of Jean-Franois Kalendrin 1789-1792
Circular box, the detachable cover applied with a gold tondo centred by a circular enamel of a girl with yellow hat surrounded by translucent blue basse-taille foliage and roses alternating with four oval enamelled reserves on a polished gold band, the sides and base engine-turned with concentric reeding stamped with scattered pellets, the base centred by a rosette chased in two-colour gold on a frosted ground, the sabl borders set with raised beads and flanked by reeded bands
2 in. (58 mm.) diam.