BY JEAN DUCROLLAY (FL. 1734-1761), MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-1756 AND THE COUNTER-MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 809

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A FINE LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Jean Ducrollay (fl. 1734-1761), marked, Paris, 1754/1755, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe 1750-1756 and the counter-mark of Eloy Brichard 1756-1762, the flange struck with inventory number 809
Rectangular polished gold box, the four sides, base and cover enamelled en basse-taille in translucent green, blue and orange with flowersprays within borders of blue zig-zag ribbons twisted with foliage garlands on diagonally reeded engraved bands
2 1/8 in. (54 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

A Louis XV gold carnet by Ducrollay of 1750/1752 with similar basse-taille enamelled flowers is in the Thyssen Collection, as well as a similarly enamelled snuff-box by Jean Frémin of 1752/1753. The enamelling for those pieces has been attributed to Hubert-Louis Cheval de St-Hubert, an orfèvre-émailleur who worked at least from 1751 to 1762 (see A. Somers Cocks and C. Truman, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Renaissance jewels, gold boxes and objets de vertu, London, 1984, nos. 56 and 58).

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