Lot Essay
Two other boxes by Le Bastier with similar decoration are illustrated in S. Grandjean, Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, p. 127, nos. 146 and 147.
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MARK OF CHARLES LE BASTIER, PARIS, 1775
Details
A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
MARK OF CHARLES LE BASTIER, PARIS, 1775
Oval, the hinged cover set with an oval enamel plaque depicting soldiers consulting an oracle, within a laurel leaf border, set within translucent pale brown enamel decorated with trees, simulating moss agate and on an engine-turned ground, all within a white enamel and leaf border, the sides and base similarly decorated, marked inside, on cover and on rim, also stamped '294'
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
MARK OF CHARLES LE BASTIER, PARIS, 1775
Oval, the hinged cover set with an oval enamel plaque depicting soldiers consulting an oracle, within a laurel leaf border, set within translucent pale brown enamel decorated with trees, simulating moss agate and on an engine-turned ground, all within a white enamel and leaf border, the sides and base similarly decorated, marked inside, on cover and on rim, also stamped '294'
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 26 April 1978, lot 324.
Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1979, lot 44.
Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1979, lot 44.
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