Lot 22
22
A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD AND LACQUER SNUFF-BOX
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD AND LACQUER SNUFF-BOX

THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'GEORGE . APARIS', PARIS, WITH THE DECHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762

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A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD AND LACQUER SNUFF-BOX
THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'GEORGE . APARIS', PARIS, WITH THE DECHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762
oval gold-lined box of red lacquer, overlaid with a cagework of pierced vari-colour gold chased with flowers, foliage and reeded scrolls
3½ in. (87 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1992, lot 410.
Given to Baron Nathaniel Meyer de Rothschild by Countess Sarah Sch...doff of St Petersburg.

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Lot Essay

Jean George was undoubtedly 'one of the most celebrated of the French gold boxes makers' (Charles Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, Los Angeles, 1991, p. 71). He worked extensively for the Royal Court of France, supplying a gold box for the service of the Menus Plaisirs du Roi in 1755, and, between 1755 and 1761, several other boxes for the service of the royal gifts, the Présents du Roi.

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