A FINE LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY CLAUDE-FRANOIS THIERRY, MARKED, PARIS, 1787, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1784-1788 AND THE EXPORT MARK 1781-1789

Details

A FINE LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Claude-Franois Thierry, marked, Paris, 1787, with the charge mark of Henry Clavel 1784-1788 and the export mark 1781-1789
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover and four side panels finely enamelled with mountainous lakescape scenes, the base engine-turned with panel of horizontal reeding scattered with flowerheads and pellets, the borders with trailing foliage and scrolls chased in two-colour gold on frosted bands, the canted corners chased in two-colour gold with vases flanked by floral scrolls
82 mm. (3.1/4 in.) wide

Provenance

Sir Julian Goldsmid Collection.

Lot Essay

Although Henry and Sidney Berry-Hill (Antique Gold Boxes, New York, 1953, p. 210) and A. Kenneth Snowman (Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, p. 165) list Claude-Franois Thierry as a maker of gold boxes, his works seem to be very rare. None of the major public collections own works by his hand.
Claude-Franois Thierry was sponsored by Jean-Louis Morel and struck his mark in 1775. He was last recorded in 1793.

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