A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD PIQU POS BONBONNIRE
A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD PIQU POS BONBONNIRE

WITH THE DISCHARGE MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE, PARIS, 1775-1781

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A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD PIQU POS BONBONNIRE
with the discharge mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache, Paris, 1775-1781
Circular black composition box, the independent cover and base encrusted with concentrical wavy circles in alternating two-colour gold piqu pos, the sides with similar vertical wavy gold stripes, the centre of the lid applied with a gold cabochon, that of the base with an engraved gold rosette, the gold mounts stamped with a stylized acanthus band
3 in. (77 mm.) diam.