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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLEMAN
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A LATER JEWELLED PLAQUE
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A LATER JEWELLED PLAQUE
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
oval box, the cover, side and base panels with translucent light grey-blue enamel on an engine-turned peaked reptile skin ground, within white enamel borders, the cover later applied with an oval translucent red enamel guilloché plaque set with a basket of flowers hung from drapery set with rose-cut diamonds within an enamelled border, the frosted gold borders enamelled with translucent green quatrefoils and red ovolos, the side pilasters similarly adorned and hung with translucent blue drapery
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
oval box, the cover, side and base panels with translucent light grey-blue enamel on an engine-turned peaked reptile skin ground, within white enamel borders, the cover later applied with an oval translucent red enamel guilloché plaque set with a basket of flowers hung from drapery set with rose-cut diamonds within an enamelled border, the frosted gold borders enamelled with translucent green quatrefoils and red ovolos, the side pilasters similarly adorned and hung with translucent blue drapery
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, London, 9 December 2003, lot 148.
Brought to you by
Mary O'Connell
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