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MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND LACQUER BONBONNIERE SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
circular striped vari-colour gold and lacquer tortoiseshell box, the detachable cover set with a portrait miniature, on ivory, of a young lady in a low-cut white dress and silk flowered hat, the décolleté bordered with lace and hung with a pearl, with foliate vari-colour gold mounts, in associated case
3 1/8 in. (78 mm.) diam.
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
circular striped vari-colour gold and lacquer tortoiseshell box, the detachable cover set with a portrait miniature, on ivory, of a young lady in a low-cut white dress and silk flowered hat, the décolleté bordered with lace and hung with a pearl, with foliate vari-colour gold mounts, in associated case
3 1/8 in. (78 mm.) diam.
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