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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE

BY GEORGE-ANTOINE CROZE (FL. 1777-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'DU PETIT DUNKERQUE' AND WITH AN INVENTORY NUMBER 235, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
BY GEORGE-ANTOINE CROZE (FL. 1777-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'DU PETIT DUNKERQUE' AND WITH AN INVENTORY NUMBER 235, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
circular bonbonnière, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent salmon-pink enamel over an engine-turned ground, the cover and base centred with a swirling taille d'épargne rosette with opaque white and green enamel pellet frame, within chased vari-colour gold entrelac borders
2 3/8 in. (55 mm.) diam.

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Au Petit Dunkerque was one of the premier Paris retailers and served as bijoutier du roi. With marchand-mercier Charles-Reymond Grancher as its proprietor, Dunkerque commissioned gold boxes from leading gold box makers such as Le Bastier, Bouillerot and Blerzy. The gold boxes retailed by Dunkerque were always of the latest fashion and of the highest quality and were greatly sought after by the French nobility.

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