A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIRE

BY JEAN DELOBEL, MARKED, PARIS, 1777/1778, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1775-1781 AND THE RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD PARIS 1819-1838

細節

A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIRE
by Jean Delobel, marked, Paris, 1777/1778, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache 1775-1781 and the restricted warranty mark for gold Paris 1819-1838
Circular box with independent cover, the lid and base engine-turned with concentric circles and enamelled in translucent purple on yellow with Chinoiserie scenes, surrounded by matted gold bands enamelled with translucent red ovolos alternating with opaque turquoise blue pellets and translucent green quatrefoils within white dotted borders, the sides similarly enamelled in purple with flowers and foliage alternating with exotic birds within similar borders
2.7/8 in. (74 mm.) diam.

拍品專文

Jean Delobel, son of Henri Delobel, struck his mark in 1771, living in Place Dauphine.
The Chinoiserie scene on the cover is inspired by Gabriel Huquier's Scnes de la Vie Chinoise, the engraving 'Chinois et Chinoise portant un poisson' after a drawing by Franois Boucher of circa 1742, now in the Louvre.