A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BOÎTE-À-ROUGE
by Alexis Proffit (fl. 1775-1793), marked, Paris, 1787/1788, with the second charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold
Circular box, the cover and base with panels engine-turned with beams of horizontal reeding scattered with quatrefoils radiating from a central rosette on a concentric reeded ground, framed by fluted circles, the sides engine-turned with horizontal reeding similarly scattered, the sablé borders chased in three-colour gold with rosebuds, quatrefoils, leaves and pellets
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
2 oz. (72 gr.)
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BOÎTE-À-ROUGE
by Alexis Proffit (fl. 1775-1793), marked, Paris, 1787/1788, with the second charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold
Circular box, the cover and base with panels engine-turned with beams of horizontal reeding scattered with quatrefoils radiating from a central rosette on a concentric reeded ground, framed by fluted circles, the sides engine-turned with horizontal reeding similarly scattered, the sablé borders chased in three-colour gold with rosebuds, quatrefoils, leaves and pellets
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
2 oz. (72 gr.)
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