MARK OF CLAUDE LISONNET (LIZONNET), PARIS, 1750

Details

A LOUIS XV GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
MARK OF CLAUDE LISONNET (LIZONNET), PARIS, 1750
Rectangular, the cover, base and sides engraved all over with a lozenge pattern and enameled en basse-taille in translucent blue and green with a shepherdess and shepherd courting, on the underside and front panel with a reclining maiden and young man and on the other sides with sheep in landscape, the rim of the cover with foliage, marked inside the cover, side and base with charge, date-letter (K) and maker; on flange with decharge
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long
gross weight 4 oz. 19 dwt. (155 gr.)

Provenance

with S. J. Phillips Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.

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Lot Essay

Claude Lisonnet was the son of a goldsmith who sponsored him when he became a master in 1736. At the time he made this box he was living rue Saint Louis au Palais.

For another box by this maker also made in 1750, see Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Obj. no.: 1976.155.15, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976.

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