Sale 1009
London
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8 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 1,125
Estimate
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE BY PAUL-NICOLAS MENIERE (FL. 1775-1826), MARKED, PARIS, 1780/1781, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782 slightly tapering étui of oval section, the cover and base engine-turned with horizontal reeding, the border chased with trailing foliage on sablé bands, the cover topped by an engine-turned elliptical pattern, with plain matrix 4¾ in. (121 mm.) long 1½ oz. (49 gr.)
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 17 May 1994, lot 54.
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