FROM THE ESTATE OF A DANISH LADY
A FINE LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
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A FINE LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Charles Le Bastier, Paris 1767/1768, with the charge and discharge of Jean-Jacques Prevost
Oval gold box, the cover set with an oval enamel miniature depicting an archbishop, in a diamond frame, all sides engraved with flower and leaf decoration in gold on a translucent green enamelled guilloché ground, the base and sides further with engraved rosettes in blue enamelled guilloché cartouches, all borders with garlands of leaves chased in gold on white enamel bands -- 8.3 cm wide, minor reenamelling
by Charles Le Bastier, Paris 1767/1768, with the charge and discharge of Jean-Jacques Prevost
Oval gold box, the cover set with an oval enamel miniature depicting an archbishop, in a diamond frame, all sides engraved with flower and leaf decoration in gold on a translucent green enamelled guilloché ground, the base and sides further with engraved rosettes in blue enamelled guilloché cartouches, all borders with garlands of leaves chased in gold on white enamel bands -- 8.3 cm wide, minor reenamelling