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BY ANTOINE SOYER SR. (FL. 1709-1761), MARKED, PARIS, 1745/1746, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF ANTOINE LESCHAUDEL 1744-1750, THE OTHER BY NICHOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1781/1782, WITH THE CHARGE OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780 AND FIRST DISCHARGE OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, AND ONE FURTHER MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD AND ONE FURTHER MARK
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A LOUIS XV AND A LOUIS XVI GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
BY ANTOINE SOYER SR. (FL. 1709-1761), MARKED, PARIS, 1745/1746, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF ANTOINE LESCHAUDEL 1744-1750, THE OTHER BY NICHOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1781/1782, WITH THE CHARGE OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780 AND FIRST DISCHARGE OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, AND ONE FURTHER MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD AND ONE FURTHER MARK
Slightly tapering étui of quatrefoil section, the cover and base of polished gold, the sablé borders engraved with flowerheads, the corniced cap with swirling polished gold rosette on frosted ground, the matrix blank; together with a slightly tapering étui of curved hexagonal section, the polished gold cover and base chased with green gold laurel swags, the domed cap embossed with two-colour gold rosette bordered with polished pink gold and green gold guilloché bands, the matrix with a coat-of-arms
4 5/16 in. (109 mm.); 4 7/8 in. (123 mm.) high respectively
1¼ oz. (38 gr.); 1¼ oz. (36 gr.), respectively (2)
BY ANTOINE SOYER SR. (FL. 1709-1761), MARKED, PARIS, 1745/1746, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF ANTOINE LESCHAUDEL 1744-1750, THE OTHER BY NICHOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1781/1782, WITH THE CHARGE OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780 AND FIRST DISCHARGE OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, AND ONE FURTHER MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD AND ONE FURTHER MARK
Slightly tapering étui of quatrefoil section, the cover and base of polished gold, the sablé borders engraved with flowerheads, the corniced cap with swirling polished gold rosette on frosted ground, the matrix blank; together with a slightly tapering étui of curved hexagonal section, the polished gold cover and base chased with green gold laurel swags, the domed cap embossed with two-colour gold rosette bordered with polished pink gold and green gold guilloché bands, the matrix with a coat-of-arms
4 5/16 in. (109 mm.); 4 7/8 in. (123 mm.) high respectively
1¼ oz. (38 gr.); 1¼ oz. (36 gr.), respectively (2)
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