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    Sale 9340

    Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art

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    20 April 2000

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    • A FRENCH VARI-COLOR GOLD SNUFF
    Lot 1

    A FRENCH VARI-COLOR GOLD SNUFF BOX

    MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES-ALEXANDRE BOUILLEROT, PARIS, 1780

    Price realised

    USD 3,525

    Estimate

    USD 2,500 - USD 3,500

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    A FRENCH VARI-COLOR GOLD SNUFF BOX
    Maker's mark of Charles-Alexandre Bouillerot, Paris, 1780
    Elongated oval, the cover, base and sides with panels of horizontal wavy engine-turning scattered with pellets within two-color gold borders of flowerheads alternating with raised beads, the sides with chased two-color gold pilasters of musical trophies, marked inside cover, base and side, with charge and discharge of Henri Clavel
    3½in. (8.9cm.) long

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