CIRCA 1748, THE MOUNTS PARIS PROBABLY 1748 WITH A CHARGE AND DÉCHARGE OF ANTOINE LESCHAUDEL, 1744-50 AND INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK
Details
A St. Cloud silver-mounted snuff-box
Circa 1748, the mounts Paris probably 1748 with a charge and décharge of Antoine Leschaudel, 1744-50 and indistinct maker's mark
Modelled as a sheep with curly fleece and long tail, recumbent to the right, enamelled with flower-sprays and with a brown face and red ears, the cover with flower-sprays (slight chip to left ear)
2½in. (6.5cm.) wide
Circa 1748, the mounts Paris probably 1748 with a charge and décharge of Antoine Leschaudel, 1744-50 and indistinct maker's mark
Modelled as a sheep with curly fleece and long tail, recumbent to the right, enamelled with flower-sprays and with a brown face and red ears, the cover with flower-sprays (slight chip to left ear)
2½in. (6.5cm.) wide
Provenance
Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, sale Christie's New York, 22 March 1991, lot 362.