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A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOURED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
by Paul-Nicolas Menière, Paris, 1780/1781, with the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of flattened cylindrical section, the cover and base engine-turned with horizontal reeding, the borders chased with trailing foliage on sablé bands, the cover topped by an engine-turned elliptical pattern, with plain base -- 121 mm high.
(49 gr.)
by Paul-Nicolas Menière, Paris, 1780/1781, with the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of flattened cylindrical section, the cover and base engine-turned with horizontal reeding, the borders chased with trailing foliage on sablé bands, the cover topped by an engine-turned elliptical pattern, with plain base -- 121 mm high.
(49 gr.)