MAKER'S MARK LFT, GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING A ROSETTE IMITATING THE CHARGE OF JULIEN ALATERRE AND A DATE LETTER CROWNED K, AND A CHICKEN'S HEAD IMITATING THE DISCHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE
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A SWISS JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
maker's mark LFT, Geneva, circa 1780, with prestige marks including a rosette imitating the charge of Julien Alaterre and a date letter crowned K, and a chicken's head imitating the discharge mark of Julien Berthe
Oblong box, the cover, side panels and base enamelled in blue grisaille on a pink opalescent ground with lakeside scenes, the cover centred by an oval panel enamelled in translucent dove-blue on a radiating engine-turned ground and applied with trophies of love in rose-cut diamonds, the sablé borders enamelled with white beads and trailing foliage, berries and flowers
87 mm. (3.7/16 in.) wide
maker's mark LFT, Geneva, circa 1780, with prestige marks including a rosette imitating the charge of Julien Alaterre and a date letter crowned K, and a chicken's head imitating the discharge mark of Julien Berthe
Oblong box, the cover, side panels and base enamelled in blue grisaille on a pink opalescent ground with lakeside scenes, the cover centred by an oval panel enamelled in translucent dove-blue on a radiating engine-turned ground and applied with trophies of love in rose-cut diamonds, the sablé borders enamelled with white beads and trailing foliage, berries and flowers
87 mm. (3.7/16 in.) wide
Provenance
C. H. T. Hawkins, London.