A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775

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A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with engine-turned panels of horizontal reeding, within slightly raised vari-colour gold foliate borders stamped at intervals with flowerheads, the side pilasters chased with vari-colour gold trophies of music and love
2½ in. (64 mm.) wide
3¼ oz. (94 gr.)

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Lot Essay

Nicolas Marguerit was apprenticed in 1751 and became master on the 17 January 1763. In 1766, he is listed as residing in cour Lamoignon and is last mentioned in 1790.
For another box by this goldsmith see lot 224.

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