Lot Essay
Another box by this hitherto unidentified goldsmith is in the Louvre, illustrated in S. Grandjean, Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, no. 544, pp. 347 and 442.
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MASTER 'DMC' A CROWN ABOVE, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
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A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
master 'DMC' a crown above, marked, Geneva, circa 1780, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold
Oval box, the cover, sides and base chased in four-colour gold with trophies of love, music, harvest and gardening hung from ribbons within oval matted gold reserves framed by laurel, all ovolos flanked by similar or foliate trophies chased on burnished gold, the matted gold borders chased with wavy reeded ribbons intertwined with berried and foliate bands
2½ in. (63 mm.) wide
2¾ oz. (85 gr.)
master 'DMC' a crown above, marked, Geneva, circa 1780, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold
Oval box, the cover, sides and base chased in four-colour gold with trophies of love, music, harvest and gardening hung from ribbons within oval matted gold reserves framed by laurel, all ovolos flanked by similar or foliate trophies chased on burnished gold, the matted gold borders chased with wavy reeded ribbons intertwined with berried and foliate bands
2½ in. (63 mm.) wide
2¾ oz. (85 gr.)
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