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A FINE LOUIS XV VARI-COLORED GOLD SNUFF BOX
PARIS, 1762
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A FINE LOUIS XV VARI-COLORED GOLD SNUFF BOX
PARIS, 1762
Of deep elliptical form, the cover, sides and base with applied vari-colored gold garlands against a strié ground, within dentillated borders, marked inside cover, base and sides, with the charge of Eloy Brichard and the bezel with the discharge of Jean-Jacques Prévost; maker's mark indistinct; bezel also stamped 827 incuse
3¾ in. (9.6 cm.) long; 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high
PARIS, 1762
Of deep elliptical form, the cover, sides and base with applied vari-colored gold garlands against a strié ground, within dentillated borders, marked inside cover, base and sides, with the charge of Eloy Brichard and the bezel with the discharge of Jean-Jacques Prévost; maker's mark indistinct; bezel also stamped 827 incuse
3¾ in. (9.6 cm.) long; 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high
Literature
Ruth Costantino, How to Know French Antiques, 1961, illus. p. 161. Tempting Pandora: A Selection of European Boxes 1200-1800, New York, 2000, fig. 76
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