ID 1345050
Lot 128 | A FRENCH GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
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
Provenance
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London.
| Medium: | Gold, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Cans and snuffboxes, Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Gold, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Cans and snuffboxes, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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