Lot Essay
Eight gold boxes by this prolific goldsmith, all identically marked as the present box, are in the Louvre (see S. Grandjean, Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, nos. 566-568, 570-574).
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GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK 'LFT', A PSEUDO-PARISIAN DATE-LETTER CROWNED 'K', A ROSETTE RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE AND A HEN'S HEAD RESEMBLING THE DISCHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1780/1800, with prestige marks including maker's mark 'LFT', a pseudo-parisian date-letter crowned 'K', a rosette resembling the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and a hen's head resembling the discharge mark of Julien Berthe
Oval box, the panels on the hinged cover, sides and base enamelled with gold glitter simulating Japanese nashiji lacquer on an orange ground, within borders of translucent orange ovolos, white and translucent blue stripes and white enamelled gold taille d'épargne husk rims
3 7/16 in. (87 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1780/1800, with prestige marks including maker's mark 'LFT', a pseudo-parisian date-letter crowned 'K', a rosette resembling the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and a hen's head resembling the discharge mark of Julien Berthe
Oval box, the panels on the hinged cover, sides and base enamelled with gold glitter simulating Japanese nashiji lacquer on an orange ground, within borders of translucent orange ovolos, white and translucent blue stripes and white enamelled gold taille d'épargne husk rims
3 7/16 in. (87 mm.) wide
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium