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MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOSSIN, PARIS, 1819-1838
Details
A FRENCH GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOSSIN, PARIS, 1819-1838
Shaped rectangular, the hinged cover with four malachite leaves set in white agate quatrefoil against a lapis lazuli ground and within a bloodstone border, the sides with lapis and white agate floral trellis, the corners with fully modeled gold Bacchic putti figures, with a bloodstone panel to the underside, engraved on the flange of the cover Fossin & Fils Joailliers du Roi, a Paris, marked on inside base, inside of cover, and flange
3 5⁄8 in. (9.2 cm.) long
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOSSIN, PARIS, 1819-1838
Shaped rectangular, the hinged cover with four malachite leaves set in white agate quatrefoil against a lapis lazuli ground and within a bloodstone border, the sides with lapis and white agate floral trellis, the corners with fully modeled gold Bacchic putti figures, with a bloodstone panel to the underside, engraved on the flange of the cover Fossin & Fils Joailliers du Roi, a Paris, marked on inside base, inside of cover, and flange
3 5⁄8 in. (9.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London.
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Csongor Kis
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