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A LOUIS XVI ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
by Auguste-Gaspard Turmine, Paris, 1784-1786, with the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel
Slightly tapering gold étui-à-cire of oval section, the domed cover topped by a rosette, the base with plain matrix, the cover and base with engine-turned panels of horizontal reeding scattered with flowerheads, bordered by sablé bands chased with husks -- 123 mm long
(38 gr.)
by Auguste-Gaspard Turmine, Paris, 1784-1786, with the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel
Slightly tapering gold étui-à-cire of oval section, the domed cover topped by a rosette, the base with plain matrix, the cover and base with engine-turned panels of horizontal reeding scattered with flowerheads, bordered by sablé bands chased with husks -- 123 mm long
(38 gr.)