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BEARING MARKS RESEMBLING THE MAKER'S MARK OF DOMINIQUE-FRANÇOIS POITREAU, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST WITH A DATE LETTER 'C', STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 21
Details
A LOUIS XV-STYLE JEWELLED GOLD AND SHELL SNUFF-BOX
bearing marks resembling the maker's mark of Dominique-François Poitreau, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Jacques Prevost with a date letter 'C', struck with inventory no. 21
Rectangular box, the cover, four sides and base inset with polished gold panels inlaid with abalone shell and mother-of-pearl plaques carved and engraved with Chinoiserie figures in elaborate architectural settings, the slightly raised gold cagework mounts on the sides chased with floral garlands, the pierced silver thumbpiece studded with foiled table-cut and old-mine cut diamonds, wavy flange, the inside gold-lined
3 3/16 in. (81 mm.) wide
bearing marks resembling the maker's mark of Dominique-François Poitreau, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Jacques Prevost with a date letter 'C', struck with inventory no. 21
Rectangular box, the cover, four sides and base inset with polished gold panels inlaid with abalone shell and mother-of-pearl plaques carved and engraved with Chinoiserie figures in elaborate architectural settings, the slightly raised gold cagework mounts on the sides chased with floral garlands, the pierced silver thumbpiece studded with foiled table-cut and old-mine cut diamonds, wavy flange, the inside gold-lined
3 3/16 in. (81 mm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 11-13 November 1986, lot 264 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-164).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-164).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.