A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD BOÎTE-À-ROUGE

BY GEORGES-ANTOINE CROZE, MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE AND THE COUNTERMARK AND THE MARK FOR OLD WORK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1781-1783, WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 219

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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD BOÎTE-À-ROUGE
by Georges-Antoine Croze, marked, Paris, 1778/1779, with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Baptiste Fouache and the countermark and the mark for old work of Henry Clavel 1781-1783, with inventory number 219
Circular box, the independent cover, sides and base enamelled with trees simulating herborized agate on an opalescent pink ground, bordered with a translucent dark blue enamel band with opaque white enamel beads framed by white enamel stripes
49 mm. (1.7/8 in.) diam.

拍品專文

Works by this talented goldsmith who used to number his output are rare; one enamelled sealing wax case by his hand is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Two other gold boxes by Croze of 1778/1779 have been on the market, one numbered 235 (Sotheby's, Geneva, 17 May 1994, lot 79) and the other numbered 240 (Sotheby's, Monaco, 4 May 1977, lot 132).