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A LOUIS XVI MINIATURES-SET GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY LOUIS CHARMOY, MARKED, PARIS, 1789, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN
Rectangular box with cut corners, the cover, sides, four corners and base inset with glazed grisaille miniatures on blue grounds depicting Bacchanalia on the cover, Fortuna, Chronos and other gods on the base, and playful putti on the sides and corners, within gold borders stamped with stylized acanthus, within plain gold borders
91mm. (3 5/8in.) wide
BY LOUIS CHARMOY, MARKED, PARIS, 1789, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN
Rectangular box with cut corners, the cover, sides, four corners and base inset with glazed grisaille miniatures on blue grounds depicting Bacchanalia on the cover, Fortuna, Chronos and other gods on the base, and playful putti on the sides and corners, within gold borders stamped with stylized acanthus, within plain gold borders
91mm. (3 5/8in.) wide