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BY LOUIS DURAND (FL. 1724-1751), MARKED, PARIS, 1743/1744, WITH THE DISCHARGE OF LOUIS ROBIN
Details
A LOUIS XV MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND GOLD CAGEWORK SNUFF-BOX
by Louis Durand (fl. 1724-1751), marked, Paris, 1743/1744, with the discharge of Louis Robin
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with six mother-of-pearl panels engraved with a pattern of circles alternating with squares and concave squares centred with gold quatrefoils and dots, four floral rosettes in the corners of the cover, the gold cagework engine-turned with horizontal wavy reeding, slightly flaring wavy thumbpiece and wavy flange
31/8 in. (78 mm.) wide
by Louis Durand (fl. 1724-1751), marked, Paris, 1743/1744, with the discharge of Louis Robin
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with six mother-of-pearl panels engraved with a pattern of circles alternating with squares and concave squares centred with gold quatrefoils and dots, four floral rosettes in the corners of the cover, the gold cagework engine-turned with horizontal wavy reeding, slightly flaring wavy thumbpiece and wavy flange
31/8 in. (78 mm.) wide
Provenance
with S. J. Phillips, London (in August 1957).