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    Sale 6816

    Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures

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    9 December 2003

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    • A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED TWO-COLO
    Lot 149

    A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

    BY LOUIS DE ROUSSY DU NORD (FL. 1772 - C. 1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774 AND THE FIRST COUNTER-MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

    Price realised

    GBP 4,182

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
    by Louis de Roussy du Nord (fl. 1772 - c. 1781), marked, Paris, 1773/1774, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre 1768-1774 and the first counter-mark of Henry Clavel 1780-1782, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold
    Oblong box, the cover, sides and base inset with panels enamelled in translucent royal blue on a guilloché coin pattern, within pierced scalloped borders, the rims and four side dividers with ribbon-twist enclosing beads
    3½ in. (89 mm.) wide

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