Lot 187
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 183-190)
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE

BY MELCHOIR-RENÉ BARRÉ (FL. 1768-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1786/1787, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
BY MELCHOIR-RENÉ BARRÉ (FL. 1768-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1786/1787, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789
circular box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of reeded engine-turning stamped at intervals with pellets and flowerheads, within slightly raised vari-colour gold foliate sablé borders
2¾ in. (72 mm.) diam.
3¾ oz. (116 gr.)

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Melchior-René Barré was apprenticed to the master goldsmith Jean Frémin in 1751. He became master on 11 June 1768, sponsored by Jean-Louis Bouillerot. He was then living in the place Dauphine, where he is recorded in 1772 in the Almanach d'Indication for le bijou d'or. By 1774 he had moved to the quai des Orfèvres, advertising the loss of 'une tabatière marbrée avec un portrait de femme'. Barré retired in 1791.

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