A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY ETIENNE-PIERRE ROUSSELET (FL. 1785-1821), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1809, THE PARISIAN SMALL GUARANTEE MARK 1809-1817 AND THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD

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A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY ETIENNE-PIERRE ROUSSELET (FL. 1785-1821), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1809, THE PARISIAN SMALL GUARANTEE MARK 1809-1817 AND THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of engine-turned stripes with alternating vertical and horizontal reeding, within polished gold frames and trailing foliate sablé borders
3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide
3 oz. (88 gr.)
Provenance
with Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna.
Further details
For a catalogue note and another box by this goldsmith see lot 299.

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