Lot 247
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIÈRE

MAKER 'LFT', MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING A PSEUDO-CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE, A PSEUDO-DISCHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE AND A PSEUDO DATE-LETTER 'K'

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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
maker 'LFT', marked, Geneva, circa 1780/1800, with prestige marks including a pseudo-charge mark of Julien Alaterre, a pseudo-discharge mark of Julien Berthe and a pseudo date-letter 'K'
Circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with concentric circles emanating from a translucent green foliate central rosette on a radiating engraved gold ground surrounded by fluted, white dotted, lavender-blue and white concentric rings, the sides engine-turned with horizontal reeding, the outer opaque lavender-blue enamelled borders decorated with a white dotted taille d'épargne gold ribbon-twist motif and interspersed with matted gold cartouches applied with translucent green enamelled leaves tied with translucent red enamelled crossed ribbons
2 9/16 in. (66 mm.) diam.
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Lot Essay

Eight gold boxes by this prolific goldsmith, all identically marked as the present box, are in the Louvre (see S. Grandjean, Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, nos. 566-568, 570-574). For another box by 'LFT', see lot 156.

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