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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY LOUIS THOINOT (FL. 1821-1850), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE POST-1838 FRENCH GOLD GUARANTEE MARK FOR EXPORT
細節
A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY LOUIS THOINOT (FL. 1821-1850), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE POST-1838 FRENCH GOLD GUARANTEE MARK FOR EXPORT
rectangular box with rounded corners and waisted sides, the cover, sides and base set with panels of engine-turning within chased scrolling foliate borders of polished gold, the cover centred with a vacant cartouche of polished gold with foliate surround, slightly raised foliate thumbpiece
3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide
2 oz. (60 gr.)
BY LOUIS THOINOT (FL. 1821-1850), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE POST-1838 FRENCH GOLD GUARANTEE MARK FOR EXPORT
rectangular box with rounded corners and waisted sides, the cover, sides and base set with panels of engine-turning within chased scrolling foliate borders of polished gold, the cover centred with a vacant cartouche of polished gold with foliate surround, slightly raised foliate thumbpiece
3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide
2 oz. (60 gr.)
榮譽呈獻
David McLachlan