BY BARTHÉLÉMY PILLIEUX, MARKED, PARIS, 1780/1781, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 513
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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Barthélémy Pillieux, marked, Paris, 1780/1781, with the charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel, the flange struck with inventory no. 513
Oval boîte pleine, the cover, sides and base decorated with panels of wavy engine-turning forming a scalework pattern, the side pilasters chased with a vertical band of raised beads flanked by stylized Doric columns, the borders framed by laurel and berry bands alternating with flowerheads chased in two-colour gold on a matted ground
69 mm. (2¾ in.) wide
(87 gr.)
by Barthélémy Pillieux, marked, Paris, 1780/1781, with the charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel, the flange struck with inventory no. 513
Oval boîte pleine, the cover, sides and base decorated with panels of wavy engine-turning forming a scalework pattern, the side pilasters chased with a vertical band of raised beads flanked by stylized Doric columns, the borders framed by laurel and berry bands alternating with flowerheads chased in two-colour gold on a matted ground
69 mm. (2¾ in.) wide
(87 gr.)