Lot Essay
Pierre Cerneau was sponsored by the celebrated gold box maker Noel Hardivilliers. He struck his mark in 1762 and died in 1783.
BY PIERRE CERNEAU, MARKED, PARIS, 1768/1769, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE
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A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Pierre Cerneau, marked, Paris, 1768/1769, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre
Oval box, the cover and base with panels of burnished gold centred with oval reserves of sablé chased in four-colour gold with flowersprays, framed by frosted bands chased and engraved with stripes of reeding interlaced with stylized foliage, the sides with diagonal flutes on a frosted ground, the upper border with an egg and acanthus frieze and the lower border with a ribbon-twist band
73 mm. (2.7/8 in.) wide
90 gr. (2 oz.)
by Pierre Cerneau, marked, Paris, 1768/1769, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre
Oval box, the cover and base with panels of burnished gold centred with oval reserves of sablé chased in four-colour gold with flowersprays, framed by frosted bands chased and engraved with stripes of reeding interlaced with stylized foliage, the sides with diagonal flutes on a frosted ground, the upper border with an egg and acanthus frieze and the lower border with a ribbon-twist band
73 mm. (2.7/8 in.) wide
90 gr. (2 oz.)