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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LOUIS XV VARI-COLORED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
MARK OF JEAN-JOSEPH BARRIÈRE, PARIS, 1772
Details
A LOUIS XV VARI-COLORED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
Mark of Jean-Joseph Barrière, Paris, 1772
Rectangular, with canted corners, the cover inset with an enamel plaque of a figure before the Altar of Love, the cover, base and side panels with royal blue enamel on engine-turned ground, the border chased with berry and husk garlands, also marked with charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre, the bezel marked 1037
3in. (76mm.) long
Mark of Jean-Joseph Barrière, Paris, 1772
Rectangular, with canted corners, the cover inset with an enamel plaque of a figure before the Altar of Love, the cover, base and side panels with royal blue enamel on engine-turned ground, the border chased with berry and husk garlands, also marked with charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre, the bezel marked 1037
3in. (76mm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's, Geneva, May 25-27, 1993, lot 119