Lot Essay
Augustin-André Héguin was sponsored for the maîtrise by J.-J. Barrière on 20 April 1785, and is last recorded in 1806. Snuff-boxes by this goldsmith are rare.
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A LOUIS XVI ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Details
A LOUIS XVI ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Augustin-André Héguin, Paris 1789, with the charge of Jean-François Kalendrin
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, base and 8 side panels engine-turned with a trelliswork pattern, within reeded borders -- 87 mm wide
by Augustin-André Héguin, Paris 1789, with the charge of Jean-François Kalendrin
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, base and 8 side panels engine-turned with a trelliswork pattern, within reeded borders -- 87 mm wide