BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS DELANOY (FL. 1785-1793), MARKED, PARIS 1785-1789, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS 1864-1893

Details

A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED AVENTURINE GLASS BONBONNIÈRE
by Jean-François Delanoy (fl. 1785-1793), marked, Paris 1785-1789, with the second charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1782-1789, later struck with two French import marks 1864-1893
Circular box, the independent cover, base and sides inset with plaques of multi-colour stained macédoine aventurine glass, the gold mounts stamped and engraved with foliage, the interior lined with blonde horn over engine-turned foils stamped with scattered stars
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 25 May 1993, lot 65 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-192).

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Lot Essay

This type of speckled glass decoration was fashionable in the mid- and late 1780s; for other examples, Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1980, lot 277; Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 November 1981, lot 65; Sotheby's, London, 22/27 October 1987, lot 186 and Sotheby's, Geneva, 15/17 November 1988, lot 380.

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