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BY FRANÇOIS-CHARLES LOYSON (FL. 1761-1768), MARKED, PARIS, 1766-1767, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PRÉVOST, THE MINIATURE IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-BAPTISTE WEYLER
Details
A LOUIS XV GOLD-LINED LACQUER SNUFF-BOX WITH MINIATURE
by François-Charles Loyson (fl. 1761-1768), marked, Paris, 1766-1767, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Jacques Prévost, the miniature in the manner of Jean-Baptiste Weyler
Oval gold-lined mocha-coloured lacquer box, the cover centred with a glazed oval portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing breastplate and the badge of the Royal French Military Order of St Louis, within a gold mount and ribbon-tie and laurel gold surmount and floral base, the pierced gold mounts engraved with stylised acanthus
23/8 in. (61 mm.) wide
by François-Charles Loyson (fl. 1761-1768), marked, Paris, 1766-1767, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Jacques Prévost, the miniature in the manner of Jean-Baptiste Weyler
Oval gold-lined mocha-coloured lacquer box, the cover centred with a glazed oval portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing breastplate and the badge of the Royal French Military Order of St Louis, within a gold mount and ribbon-tie and laurel gold surmount and floral base, the pierced gold mounts engraved with stylised acanthus
23/8 in. (61 mm.) wide
Provenance
Sotheby's, Zurich, 24 November 1978, lot 102.