Lot 48
48
A LOUIS XV GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROPERTY OF A NOBLE PRUSSIAN FAMILY (LOTS 48-50)
A LOUIS XV GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY JEAN-BAPTISTE-SÉBASTIEN DE SAINT-JULIEN (FL. 1761-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1768/1769, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768

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A LOUIS XV GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE-SÉBASTIEN DE SAINT-JULIEN (FL. 1761-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1768/1769, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768
rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of peak-pattern engine-turning within chased chevron borders
2¼ in. (58 mm.) wide
2¼ oz. (71 gr.)

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Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste-Sébastien de Saint-Julien became a master in 1761 when he was living at pont au Change and was sponsored by Arnoult de St Julien. Connoisseurs during the Louis XV period would have called this type of box a journée, describing a box just large enough to contain snuff for a single day.

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