A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE

BY JEAN-CHARLES MARIE BOUDOU (FL. 1783-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1787/1788, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, LATER STRUCK WITH A FRENCH POST-1864 IMPORT MARK FOR GOLD

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE
BY JEAN-CHARLES MARIE BOUDOU (FL. 1783-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1787/1788, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, LATER STRUCK WITH A FRENCH POST-1864 IMPORT MARK FOR GOLD
circular box, the panels on the detachable cover, sides and base engine-turned with concentric reeding scattered with gold pellets, within two colour gold foliate borders on sablé ground interspersed with pellets
2¼ in. (52 mm.) wide
3 1/8 oz. (88 gr.)
Provenance
With Sotirio Bulgari, Rome.

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Jean-Charles Marie Boudou became master goldsmith on 23 August 1783.

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