AN EARLY LOUIS XV GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Daniel Gouers (fl. 1717-1748), marked, signed on the flange 'Gouers AParis', Paris, 1728/1729, with the indistinct charge and discharge marks of Jacques Cottin and an unidentified mark
Oval gold box, the slightly raised lid chased with a shell pattern spreading from the upper centre, reeded rim with incorporated slighty raised thumbpiece, polished gold baluster sides
2 13/16 in. (71 mm.) wide
3 oz. (101 gr.)
AN EARLY LOUIS XV GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Daniel Gouers (fl. 1717-1748), marked, signed on the flange 'Gouers AParis', Paris, 1728/1729, with the indistinct charge and discharge marks of Jacques Cottin and an unidentified mark
Oval gold box, the slightly raised lid chased with a shell pattern spreading from the upper centre, reeded rim with incorporated slighty raised thumbpiece, polished gold baluster sides
2 13/16 in. (71 mm.) wide
3 oz. (101 gr.)