A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH HARDSTONE PLAQUES
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A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH HARDSTONE PLAQUES

BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (1779-1839), MARKED, PARIS, 1781/82, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-82

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A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH HARDSTONE PLAQUES
BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (1779-1839), MARKED, PARIS, 1781/82, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-82
oval box, the cover and base set with lapis lazuli panels, within two-colour guilloché border, the sides with octagonal engine-turned reserves scattered with pellets, divided by four plain pilasters hung with laurels, on a frosted ground
3 5/16 in. (85 mm.) wide
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