BY DOMINIQUE-FRANÇOIS POITREAU (FL. 1757-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1758/1759, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762 AND WITH THE EXPORT DISCHARGE MARK OF JEAN-JACQUES PRÉVOST 1762-1768, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH THREE FURTHER UNCLEAR AND UNIDENTIFIED MARKS

Details

A FINE LOUIS XV FOUR-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Dominique-François Poitreau (fl. 1757-1781), marked, Paris, 1758/1759, with the charge mark of Eloy Brichard 1756-1762 and with the export discharge mark of Jean-Jacques Prévost 1762-1768, the flange struck with three further unclear and unidentified marks
Rectangular box, the cover, four sides and base boldly chased in four-colour gold with flowersprays on sunburst grounds, framed by foamy rippled borders, the four corners of lid and base furthermore chased with additional vari-colour gold single flowers
2 7/16 in. (63 mm.) wide
3½ oz. (100 gr.)

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1996, lot 350.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The pair to the present box, with identical marks and also destined for exportation, was sold Sotheby's, Geneva, 16 May 1991, lot 113. The practice of exporting gold boxes, watches and objects of vertu in pairs to the Oriental market, mainly China, was particularly popular in Geneva and England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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