A FRENCH GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX

Lot 128
12.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 128 | A FRENCH GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
A FRENCH GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX
MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOSSIN, PARIS, 1819-1838
Shaped rectangular, the hinged cover with four malachite leaves set in white agate quatrefoil against a lapis lazuli ground and within a bloodstone border, the sides with lapis and white agate floral trellis, the corners with fully modeled gold Bacchic putti figures, with a bloodstone panel to the underside, engraved on the flange of the cover Fossin & Fils Joailliers du Roi, a Paris, marked on inside base, inside of cover, and flange
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long




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Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London.
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