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For another box by this unidentified goldsmith see lot 531.
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MAKER'S MARK IA IN A VERTICAL LOZENGE, PARIS, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH THE FRENCH POST-1838 GUARANTEE GOLD MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS AND RUBBED INVENTORY NUMBER [-]32
Details
A FRENCH VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK IA IN A VERTICAL LOZENGE, PARIS, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH THE FRENCH POST-1838 GUARANTEE GOLD MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS AND RUBBED INVENTORY NUMBER [-]32
oval box, the cover, sides and base with panels of engine-turning in a peaked pattern within vari-colour gold stamped sablé floral borders, the side border of the cover hung with swags, the sides divided by four pilasters each with a Grecian urn on a frosted ground
2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) wide
2 oz. (68 gr.)
MAKER'S MARK IA IN A VERTICAL LOZENGE, PARIS, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH THE FRENCH POST-1838 GUARANTEE GOLD MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS AND RUBBED INVENTORY NUMBER [-]32
oval box, the cover, sides and base with panels of engine-turning in a peaked pattern within vari-colour gold stamped sablé floral borders, the side border of the cover hung with swags, the sides divided by four pilasters each with a Grecian urn on a frosted ground
2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) wide
2 oz. (68 gr.)
Provenance
With Sotirio Bulgari, Rome.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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