Details
A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF SIMON-ACHILLE LEGER, PARIS, CIRCA 1800
Oblong, the base, sides and hinged cover chased with panels of shells within foliate scroll borders on a matted ground, the interior engraved with a monogram, marked on interior, sides and cover with maker's mark and post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark, the flange with excise mark for Paris, 1819-1838 -- 2¾in. (7cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK OF SIMON-ACHILLE LEGER, PARIS, CIRCA 1800
Oblong, the base, sides and hinged cover chased with panels of shells within foliate scroll borders on a matted ground, the interior engraved with a monogram, marked on interior, sides and cover with maker's mark and post-Revolutionary unofficial standard mark, the flange with excise mark for Paris, 1819-1838 -- 2¾in. (7cm.) long
Provenance
Prince and Princess Joachim Murat, Palais Galliera, March 2, 1961, lot 45