A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND ENAMEL SEALING WAX CASE

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A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND ENAMEL SEALING WAX CASE
PARIS, 1783-1789

Of oval section, with red guilloche enamel panels seme with dots within applied rope-twist borders, the cover chased with paterae on a matted ground, the base cut with a Duke's armorials, marked on flange, also struck with later control marks--4 3/4in.(12cm.) long