BY LOUIS OUIZILLE (FL. 1768-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1770/1771, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 161, LATER STRUCK WITH THE POST-1838 PARISIAN GUARANTEE MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS AND A FURTHER UNIDENTIFIED MARK

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY LOUIS OUIZILLE (FL. 1768-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1770/1771, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 161, LATER STRUCK WITH THE POST-1838 PARISIAN GUARANTEE MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS AND A FURTHER UNIDENTIFIED MARK
oval box of vari-colour gold, the cover, sides and base panels each centred with an oval cartouche chased with musical trophies and floral sprays on a sablé ground, with foliate and husk surrounds and reeded rims, ribbon-tied interwoven ribbon and leaf outer borders, in later red leather box
2½ in. (63 mm.) wide
2½ oz. (76 gr.) (2)

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 12 November 1985, lot 175.

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Lot Essay

Louis Ouizille was born in 1731 and was apprenticed to Louis-Guillaume Cassé in 1752. On 23 July 1768 he attained the maitrise, sponsored by the distinguished gold box maker Jean-François Garand. From that date until 1786, he lived on the pont Notre-Dame but moved in the following year to the cul-de-sac Ste Marine and had retired by 1790. He died in Paris around 1821.

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