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BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1779/1780, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO ARMAND-VINCENT DE MONTPETIT (1713-1800)
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A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE
by Nicolas Marguerit (fl. 1763-1790), marked, Paris, 1779/1780, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache 1774-1780, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold, the miniature attributed to Armand-Vincent de Montpetit (1713-1800)
Circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with shifted concentric circles forming a pattern of small peaked lozenges, the sides similarly engine-turned with peaked lozenges, the lid centred by an oval fixé-sous-verre portrait miniature of a young lady bust-length in lace-edged red dress, a ribbon in her upswept brown hair, within a plain gold mount with beaded border surrounded by reeding, the matted gold rims applied with husks, beads and foliate rosettes
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) diam.
by Nicolas Marguerit (fl. 1763-1790), marked, Paris, 1779/1780, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache 1774-1780, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold, the miniature attributed to Armand-Vincent de Montpetit (1713-1800)
Circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with shifted concentric circles forming a pattern of small peaked lozenges, the sides similarly engine-turned with peaked lozenges, the lid centred by an oval fixé-sous-verre portrait miniature of a young lady bust-length in lace-edged red dress, a ribbon in her upswept brown hair, within a plain gold mount with beaded border surrounded by reeding, the matted gold rims applied with husks, beads and foliate rosettes
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) diam.
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