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BY ÉTIENNE-PIERRE ROUSSELET (FL. 1788-1821), MARKED, PARIS, 1788/1789, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792, LATER STRUCK WITH THE CENSUS MARK FOR THE SOUTH DIVISION 1819-1838, THE CARNET-DE-BAL BY PIERRE-DENIS CHAUMONT (FL. 1777-1793), MARKED, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789
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A LOUIS XVI THREE-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE AND A LOUIS XVI GOLD-MOUNTED CARNET-DE-BAL
by Étienne-Pierre Rousselet (fl. 1788-1821), marked, Paris, 1788/1789, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-François Kalendrin 1789-1792, later struck with the census mark for the South Division 1819-1838, the carnet-de-bal by Pierre-Denis Chaumont (fl. 1777-1793), marked, with the second charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1782-1789
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of oval section, both sides of cover and base with rectangular panels of horizontal engine-turning scattered with pellets and flowerheads and centred by oval reserves chased in two-colour gold with trophies of music and love on a frosted ground, divided by vertical matted gold bands embellished with scrolls, beads and foliage, the horizontal borders similarly decorated, the slighly domed gold cover centred by a foliate rosette in a frosted ovolo, the polished matrix engraved with monogram 'OMB'; together with an ivory carnet-de-bal set with miniatures: slightly tapering rectangular étui of flattened oblong section, the obverse and reverse of the cover applied with pierced gold inscription 'SOUVENIR D'AMITIE' within pierced scroll borders with bow cresting, one side set with an oval miniature of a young boy in brown coat holding a posy of flowers, with a foliate gold border, the other side with a similarly framed sepia miniature depicting an allegory of love and friendship
4 13/16 in. (123 mm.) long; 3 5/16 in. (84 mm.) high, respectively
1¼ oz. (38 gr.) (2)
by Étienne-Pierre Rousselet (fl. 1788-1821), marked, Paris, 1788/1789, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-François Kalendrin 1789-1792, later struck with the census mark for the South Division 1819-1838, the carnet-de-bal by Pierre-Denis Chaumont (fl. 1777-1793), marked, with the second charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1782-1789
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of oval section, both sides of cover and base with rectangular panels of horizontal engine-turning scattered with pellets and flowerheads and centred by oval reserves chased in two-colour gold with trophies of music and love on a frosted ground, divided by vertical matted gold bands embellished with scrolls, beads and foliage, the horizontal borders similarly decorated, the slighly domed gold cover centred by a foliate rosette in a frosted ovolo, the polished matrix engraved with monogram 'OMB'; together with an ivory carnet-de-bal set with miniatures: slightly tapering rectangular étui of flattened oblong section, the obverse and reverse of the cover applied with pierced gold inscription 'SOUVENIR D'AMITIE' within pierced scroll borders with bow cresting, one side set with an oval miniature of a young boy in brown coat holding a posy of flowers, with a foliate gold border, the other side with a similarly framed sepia miniature depicting an allegory of love and friendship
4 13/16 in. (123 mm.) long; 3 5/16 in. (84 mm.) high, respectively
1¼ oz. (38 gr.) (2)
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