Lot Essay
The interior of the cover is engraved with a presentation inscription: "FROM HER MAJESTY QUEEN CHARLOTTE TO COLONEL PETER RYVES HAWKER 1st TROOP OF HORSE GUARDS".
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A LOUIS XV ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY PIERRE-ANDRÉ BARBIER, PARIS, 1764/1765, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST AND THE COUNTERMARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE
Oval box, the cover, side panels and base enamelled in translucent green on an engine-turned feathered scalework ground, the cover centred by an oval enamel plaque depicting a putto guiding two young satyre musicians painted in sepia on a pink ground, framed by a pierced garland of husks, the sides applied with chased laurel festoons looped through drop rings, the base engraved with a floral rosette
88mm. (3½in.) wide, restored
BY PIERRE-ANDRÉ BARBIER, PARIS, 1764/1765, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST AND THE COUNTERMARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE
Oval box, the cover, side panels and base enamelled in translucent green on an engine-turned feathered scalework ground, the cover centred by an oval enamel plaque depicting a putto guiding two young satyre musicians painted in sepia on a pink ground, framed by a pierced garland of husks, the sides applied with chased laurel festoons looped through drop rings, the base engraved with a floral rosette
88mm. (3½in.) wide, restored