BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1782/1783, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, FURTHER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT (FL. 1763-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1782/1783, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, FURTHER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with engine-turned panels of horizontal reeding stamped at intervals with pellets, within slightly raised vari-colour gold foliate sablé borders, in associated tooled brown leather case
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide
2 7/8 oz. (84 gr.)
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.