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PARIS, 1768/1769, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE, MAKER'S MARK RUBBED PROBABLY [?]L[S OR B?]
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A LOUIS XV GOLD PIQUÉ-POSÉ AND COMPOSITION SNUFF-BOX
Paris, 1768/1769, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre, maker's mark rubbed probably [?]L[S or B?]
Oval gold-mounted dark composition box, the cover, sides and base inlaid with vertical red gold piqué-posé stripes, the gold mounts pierced and engraved with reeded bands twisted with foliage garlands; the fitted brown leather case lined with red plush
25/8 in. (67 mm.) wide (2)
Paris, 1768/1769, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre, maker's mark rubbed probably [?]L[S or B?]
Oval gold-mounted dark composition box, the cover, sides and base inlaid with vertical red gold piqué-posé stripes, the gold mounts pierced and engraved with reeded bands twisted with foliage garlands; the fitted brown leather case lined with red plush
25/8 in. (67 mm.) wide (2)
Provenance
The Rt. Hon. the Earl Granville, M.C., D.L.; sold Sotheby's, Monte-Carlo, 25 June 1976, lot 530.