A LOUIS XV-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
bearing marks resembling the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and the first discharge mark of Henry Clavel, resembling the Parisian date-letter 'K' for 1773/1774 and maker's mark 'PB' a crown between, later struck with two French post-1893 import marks for gold
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of quatrefoil section, both sides of cover and base and the domed cap engraved with a vertical fishbone pattern and enamelled en basse-taille with flowersprays in translucent blue, the two narrow sides enamelled in translucent green with a guilloché pattern on a vertically reeded ground, framed by an opaque white enamelled border, the raised borders engraved with reeding, blank matrix
4 13/16 in. (122 mm.) high
A LOUIS XV-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
bearing marks resembling the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and the first discharge mark of Henry Clavel, resembling the Parisian date-letter 'K' for 1773/1774 and maker's mark 'PB' a crown between, later struck with two French post-1893 import marks for gold
Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of quatrefoil section, both sides of cover and base and the domed cap engraved with a vertical fishbone pattern and enamelled en basse-taille with flowersprays in translucent blue, the two narrow sides enamelled in translucent green with a guilloché pattern on a vertically reeded ground, framed by an opaque white enamelled border, the raised borders engraved with reeding, blank matrix
4 13/16 in. (122 mm.) high
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