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A LOUIS XV ENGINE-TURNED THREE-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH GOLD INITIALS
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JULIEN ALATERRE
Oval gold box, the cover, sides and base with panels of wavy engine-turning within borders of laurel wreaths, the cover centered by a glazed oval medallion containing gold initials on a pink silk ground, framed by a gold border chased with flowerheads and foliage, surmounted by a dove with a basket of fruit, the side panels divided by oval reserves containing chased trophies of Music, Painting and Love
69mm. (2¾in.) wide
BY NICOLAS MARGUERIT, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JULIEN ALATERRE
Oval gold box, the cover, sides and base with panels of wavy engine-turning within borders of laurel wreaths, the cover centered by a glazed oval medallion containing gold initials on a pink silk ground, framed by a gold border chased with flowerheads and foliage, surmounted by a dove with a basket of fruit, the side panels divided by oval reserves containing chased trophies of Music, Painting and Love
69mm. (2¾in.) wide