A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX

BY ANTOINE DAROUX, PARIS, 1759/1760, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF ÉLOY BRICHARD

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A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX
by Antoine Daroux, Paris, 1759/1760, with the charge and discharge marks of Éloy Brichard
Rectangular box, the cover engraved with three children as musicians, a girl playing the harpsichord, a boy playing the violin and another boy seated on a stool near the girl, within interior background, c-scrolls in the corners of the reeded border, the burnished base and four side panels engraved with c-scrolls and shells enclosing flowers, birds, a squirrel and trees on a matted ground, the inside of the cover engraved with inscription "Given by J. L. Baldwin Esq^r. to Henry 8^t^h Duke. 1860"
82 mm. (3.1/4 in.) wide
158 gr. (5 oz.)

Lot Essay

The scene on the lid is taken after Carle van Loo's La musique of 1752/1753, painted for the salon de compagnie of Bellevue castle, now in San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honour.
Eight boxes by this French silversmith (1709-1789) are illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Dozen om te niezen, Antwerp, Provinciaal Museum Sterckshof - Zilvercentrum, 1996-1997.

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