Lot 373
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A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

PARIS, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, WITH THE DISCHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, THE COUNTER MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, THE SECOND COUNTER MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1783-1789 AND THE COUNTER MARK OF JEAN-FRANCOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792

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A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PARIS, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, WITH THE DISCHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, THE COUNTER MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, THE SECOND COUNTER MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1783-1789 AND THE COUNTER MARK OF JEAN-FRANCOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792
octagonal box, the cover, sides, corners and base enamelled in translucent green on an engine-turned ground with a wavy moiré pattern, the cover centered with an oval plaque painted en grisaille of a young lady in classical dress removing a face-mask before a putto, the raised borders chased with flowers and foliage on a sablé ground, the side pilasters chased as fluted columns
2¾ in. (60 mm.) wide
Provenance
From the collection of a noble Sicillian family.

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Lot Essay

This box is very similar in style and can be compared to the boxes of Pierre-François Drais (Fl. 1763-1788), see Christie's, Geneva, 19 May 1992, lots 81 and 109. Drais was a pupil of one of his Ducollay cousins. He was commissioned for the famous gold box made for the marriage of Comte d'Artois to Princess Marie-Thérèse of Savoy. As a result Drais became bijoutier du Roi and had among his clients Madame du Barry and, later, King Louis XVI of France.

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