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A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOURED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
Paris, 1775-1781, with the discharge of Jean-Baptiste Fouache
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of flattened oval section, the cover and base engine-turned and bordered with bands of acanthus; the cover chased with a rosette, the base engraved with scrolling initials "MG" -- 122 mm high, in fitted original shagreen case.
(51 gr.) (2)
Paris, 1775-1781, with the discharge of Jean-Baptiste Fouache
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of flattened oval section, the cover and base engine-turned and bordered with bands of acanthus; the cover chased with a rosette, the base engraved with scrolling initials "MG" -- 122 mm high, in fitted original shagreen case.
(51 gr.) (2)