A LOUIS XV JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

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12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 86 | A LOUIS XV JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A LOUIS XV JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY JEAN-JOSEPH BARRIÈRE (FL. 1763-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1767/1768, THE FLANGE STAMPED 493, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768

oval, the cover, sides and base set with panels of peak-pattern engine turning within chased borders of fleur-de-lys and set at intervals with circles, ovolos and rectangles of enamel simulating lapis lazuli, the cover later centred with an enamel portrait miniature of King Louis XIV within a gold and diamond frame with further scattered diamonds

3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide

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