Sale 1009
London
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8 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 8,750
Estimate
A LOUIS XVI GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY PHILIPPE (LE) BOURLIER (FL. 1769-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1788/89, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789 AND DISCHARGE MARK OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD rectangular box with cut corners, the hinged cover, sides and base scattered with pellets and stars on a moiré engine-turned ground within classically reeded borders, the corners with pilasters 3½ in. (88 mm.) wide 3¾ oz. (119 gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 7 November 1996, lot 274. Christie's, London, 27 November 2007, lot 80.
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