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A ROYAL PRESENT
A LOUIS XV THREE-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOX
MARK OF MATHIEU PIONNIER, PARIS, 1771
Details
A LOUIS XV THREE-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOX
MARK OF MATHIEU PIONNIER, PARIS, 1771
Oval, the cover, base and sides with panels of engine-turned wavy bands, within chased borders of intertwined foliage and flowers on sable ground, the sides with oval medallions centred by love trophies, the cover engraved inside with FROM HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES TO FRANCIS STEWARD ESQ., marked in cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (H) and maker; on flange: decharge
2 7⁄8 in. (7.2 cm.) long
3 oz. (94 gr.)
The inscription refers to Francis Steward (1743–1798) who served as the mayor of the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in Dorset, England, during the late 18th century. Weymouth became then a fashionable seaside resorts when from 1789 George III visited on the advice of his physicians to take sea-bathing. This box could have been presented on the occasion of one of these visits when Steward may have entertained the young prince.
MARK OF MATHIEU PIONNIER, PARIS, 1771
Oval, the cover, base and sides with panels of engine-turned wavy bands, within chased borders of intertwined foliage and flowers on sable ground, the sides with oval medallions centred by love trophies, the cover engraved inside with FROM HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES TO FRANCIS STEWARD ESQ., marked in cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (H) and maker; on flange: decharge
2 7⁄8 in. (7.2 cm.) long
3 oz. (94 gr.)
The inscription refers to Francis Steward (1743–1798) who served as the mayor of the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in Dorset, England, during the late 18th century. Weymouth became then a fashionable seaside resorts when from 1789 George III visited on the advice of his physicians to take sea-bathing. This box could have been presented on the occasion of one of these visits when Steward may have entertained the young prince.
Provenance
with Wartski, London.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Offerto da
Charlotte Young
Associate Director, Specialist