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BY ALEXIS PROFFIT (FL. 1775-1793), PARIS, 1787/1788, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, LATER STRUCK TWICE WITH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BOITE-A-ROUGE
BY ALEXIS PROFFIT (FL. 1775-1793), PARIS, 1787/1788, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, LATER STRUCK TWICE WITH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD
circular box, the cover and base with panels engine-turned with beams of reeding, scattered with quatrefoils, radiating from a central rosette, the sides engine-turned with horizontal reeding similarly scattered, the sablé border with slightly raised vari-colour gold festoons of roses, quatrefoils and leaves
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
2 oz. (72 gr.)
BY ALEXIS PROFFIT (FL. 1775-1793), PARIS, 1787/1788, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, LATER STRUCK TWICE WITH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD
circular box, the cover and base with panels engine-turned with beams of reeding, scattered with quatrefoils, radiating from a central rosette, the sides engine-turned with horizontal reeding similarly scattered, the sablé border with slightly raised vari-colour gold festoons of roses, quatrefoils and leaves
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
2 oz. (72 gr.)
Provenance
The Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann Collection, Christie's, London, 11 April 2002, lot 885.
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