A PAIR OF LOUIS XV SILVER SPICE BOXES

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV SILVER SPICE BOXES
MAKER'S MARK OF PIERRE-JOSEPH PETIT, AVIGNON, CIRCA 1770

Shaped oval, on spreading scroll bases, with cast shell-form hinged covers, engraved under the bases with initials JO, marked under bases with town mark and twice with maker's mark--3 1/8in. (8cm.) long
(6oz., 209gr.) (2)

Lot Essay

Pierre-Joseph Petit, son of Jean Petit, married Jeanne-Françoise d'Alphons in 1744 and died February 19, 1773 (see Claude Gèrard Cassan, Les Orfevres d'Avignon et du Comtat Venaissin, 1984, p. 45, where his maker's mark is illustrated).