Lot Essay
For another box by this goldsmith see lot 203.
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MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1756/1757, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-1756 AND THE DECHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'TIRON DE NANTEUILLE À PARIS’
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A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD HUNTING SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1756/1757, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-1756 AND THE DECHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'TIRON DE NANTEUILLE À PARIS’
rectangular box, the cover, sides and base finely chased with hunting trophies on a sunray ground, the cover with a boar's head lying on foliage beside a gun, a hunting horn and knife, all within pricked scalloped borders
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
4½ oz. (140 gr.)
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1756/1757, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-1756 AND THE DECHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'TIRON DE NANTEUILLE À PARIS’
rectangular box, the cover, sides and base finely chased with hunting trophies on a sunray ground, the cover with a boar's head lying on foliage beside a gun, a hunting horn and knife, all within pricked scalloped borders
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
4½ oz. (140 gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby’s, Geneva, 18/19 November 1996, lot 306.
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