Lot Essay
A snuff-box with a very similar Chinoiserie design was in the collection of the Marquis de Thuisy, sold Hôtel Drouot, 30 and 31 May 1901, lot 55, illustr. opp. p. 10.
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Details
A LOUIS XV STYLE TINTED SHELL, BURGAU, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GERMAN, WITH MARKS RESEMBLING TO THE MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL ROBERT, THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD AND A LATE-LETTER CROWNED "V"
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with mother-of-pearl panels applied with Chinoiserie and exotic plants in bone, tinted shell, burgau lacquer and gold, with reeded cagework gold mounts and slightly raised scrolling thumbpiece chased with foliage on a trelliswork ground
80 mm. wide
PROBABLY GERMAN, WITH MARKS RESEMBLING TO THE MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL ROBERT, THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD AND A LATE-LETTER CROWNED "V"
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with mother-of-pearl panels applied with Chinoiserie and exotic plants in bone, tinted shell, burgau lacquer and gold, with reeded cagework gold mounts and slightly raised scrolling thumbpiece chased with foliage on a trelliswork ground
80 mm. wide
Provenance
Félix Doistau Collection, Paris
His sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 18-19 June 1928, lot 130, illustr. opp. p. 46, sold 37,000 Francs
His sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 18-19 June 1928, lot 130, illustr. opp. p. 46, sold 37,000 Francs