BY AUGUSTE-GASPARD TURMINE (FL. 1778-1786), MARKED, PARIS, 1779/1780, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780 AND THE CONTRE MARK OF HENRI CLAVEL 1780-1782

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOÎTE-À-MINIATURES
BY AUGUSTE-GASPARD TURMINE (FL. 1778-1786), MARKED, PARIS, 1779/1780, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780 AND THE CONTRE MARK OF HENRI CLAVEL 1780-1782
Oval gold-lined box, the cover, sides and base inset with glazed miniatures in the Dutch style depicting interior scenes mounted en cage, the cagework with entrelac ribbons in two-colour gold on a sablé ground, the border of the cover with slightly raised foliage in two-colour gold, with foliate column pilasters
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide

Provenance

Rothschild collection.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Auguste-Gaspard Turmine became master in Paris in 1778 sponsored by François Georges. By 1781, he had moved from the rue St-Martin to the rue Bourg-l’Abbé where he remained until his death in 1786. In his death announcement in the Journal de Paris, he was described as marchand orfèvre, bijoutier et tablettier.

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