A French three-coloured gold-mounted rock crystal snuff box

MAKER'S MARK OF PIERRE-DENIS HOART, PARIS, 1775, WITH CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE

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A French three-coloured gold-mounted rock crystal snuff box
maker's mark of Pierre-Denis Hoart, Paris, 1775, with charge and discharge of Jean-Baptiste Fouache
Oval, and with hinged cover, the base and cover with foliate borders, the cover and sides decorated with burnished oval cartouches hung between with three-coloured gold floral garlands, all on a matted ground, marked on rim
2½in. (6.5cm.) long
Provenance
Sir A. Chester-Beatty Collection, Sotheby's, 3 December 1962, Lot 142

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