BY ALEXIS PROFFIT, MARKED, PARIS, 1783, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL
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A Louis XVI vari-colour gold Sealing-Wax Case
by Alexis Proffit, marked, Paris, 1783, with the charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of oval section, both cover and base engine-turned with panels of horizontal reeding scattered with flowerheads, the sablé borders applied with swags of flowers, leaves and c-scrolls in three-colour gold, the cover topped by a foliate rosette, the matrix engraved with a monogram; within fitted shagreen case
101 mm. (4 in.) high
(29 gr.)
by Alexis Proffit, marked, Paris, 1783, with the charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of oval section, both cover and base engine-turned with panels of horizontal reeding scattered with flowerheads, the sablé borders applied with swags of flowers, leaves and c-scrolls in three-colour gold, the cover topped by a foliate rosette, the matrix engraved with a monogram; within fitted shagreen case
101 mm. (4 in.) high
(29 gr.)