A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY ELOIS-DENIS THIERRY (FL. 1773-1789), MARKED, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY ELOIS-DENIS THIERRY (FL. 1773-1789), MARKED, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coin-pattern engine-turning, each centred with an oval applied sablé cartouche chased in vari-colour gold depicting on the cover a capricci of figures amongs classical ruins and trophies to love and music on the sides, within chased foliate frames and entrelac outer borders
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
5 oz. (160 gr.)

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