Lot 70
70
A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE
A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE

BY JEAN-BAPTISTE GODART (FL. 1769-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

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A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE GODART (FL. 1769-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with concentric circles, the sides similarly engine-turned with reeding, the lid and base centred by a circular reserve applied with a swirling foliate rosette on a frosted ground within a fluted border, the matted gold rims applied with a garland of stylised acanthus framed by flutes, the interior cover engraved with a presentation inscription
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) diam.
4½ oz. (145 gr.)
The presentation inscription reads 'From E. Quin - to the - Hon.ble Cha.s Monck the Nephew & Godson of her beloved Husband the late CHA.s W.m QUIN ESQ.r Physician General for thirty three Years Born October 1756. Died Dec.r 1818.'
Provenance
Given to the Hon. Charles Monck (1791-1849), later 2nd Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Co. Wexford, by his aunt and widow of his godfather Dr Charles William Quin (1756-1818).
Christie's, London, 6 July 2005, lot 7.

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Lot Essay

Dr Charles Quin (1756-1818) was the son of the eminent Irish physician Dr Henry Quin M.D. (1718-1791). Charles was President of the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin in 1789 and published A Treatise on the Dropsey of the Brain.

The Hon. Charles Monck (1791-1849) succeeded his brother as Viscount Monck, a title created for their father in 1801. He was a barrister and fought in the Penisular War serving as a lieutenant in the 43rd Light Infantry.

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