Lot Essay
The author of this sober and elegant snuff-box, Louis Désir, struck his mark in 1745 and was declared dead in 1764.
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A LOUIS XV HARDSTONE AND GOLD CAGEWORK SNUFF-BOX
BY LOUIS DÉSIR, MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JULIEN BERTHE
Oval box, the cover and base consisting of slightly convex oval semi-translucent moss-agate panels, the sides with 12 rectangular moss-agate panels within a gold cagework chased and engraved with wavy scrolls on a horizontally reeded ground
61mm. (2 3/8in.) wide
BY LOUIS DÉSIR, MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JULIEN BERTHE
Oval box, the cover and base consisting of slightly convex oval semi-translucent moss-agate panels, the sides with 12 rectangular moss-agate panels within a gold cagework chased and engraved with wavy scrolls on a horizontally reeded ground
61mm. (2 3/8in.) wide