A LOUIS XV-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
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A LOUIS XV-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE

BEARING MARKS RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE AND THE FIRST DISCHARGE MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL, RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN DATE-LETTER 'K' FOR 1773/1774 AND MAKER'S MARK 'PB' A CROWN BETWEEN, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD

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A LOUIS XV-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
bearing marks resembling the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and the first discharge mark of Henry Clavel, resembling the Parisian date-letter 'K' for 1773/1774 and maker's mark 'PB' a crown between, later struck with two French post-1893 import marks for gold
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of quatrefoil section, both sides of cover and base and the domed cap engraved with a vertical fishbone pattern and enamelled en basse-taille with flowersprays in translucent blue, the two narrow sides enamelled in translucent green with a guilloché pattern on a vertically reeded ground, framed by an opaque white enamelled border, the raised borders engraved with reeding, blank matrix
4 13/16 in. (122 mm.) high
来源
'Collection d'un amateur', Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 27 October 1980, lot 76 (as by Pierre Bidault, Paris 1773).
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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