Details
A LOUIS XV LACQUER AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN DUCROLLAY, MARKED, PARIS, 1752, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JULIEN BERTHE
Ingot-shaped box, the cover, sides and base applied with rectangular Japan-style lacquer panels painted with a diaper pattern enclosing flowerheads in gold and silver on a black ground, the gold mounts engraved with reeded bands of zig-zag on a horizontally reeded ground, with gold-lined interior and wavy flange
74mm. (2 7/8in.) wide
BY JEAN DUCROLLAY, MARKED, PARIS, 1752, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JULIEN BERTHE
Ingot-shaped box, the cover, sides and base applied with rectangular Japan-style lacquer panels painted with a diaper pattern enclosing flowerheads in gold and silver on a black ground, the gold mounts engraved with reeded bands of zig-zag on a horizontally reeded ground, with gold-lined interior and wavy flange
74mm. (2 7/8in.) wide