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TABATIERE D`EPOQUE LOUIS XVI EN NACRE, EMAIL ET OR

Lot 21
21.11.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
€ 70 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1072671
Lot 21 | TABATIERE D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI EN NACRE, EMAIL ET OR
Estimate value
€ 70 000 – 100 000
TABATIERE D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI EN NACRE, EMAIL ET OR

PAR PAUL-NICOLAS MENIÈRE, PARIS 1778⁄1779

Ovale appliquée sur toutes les faces de panneaux en nacre opalescente montés à cage dans des montures en or ciselé de bourgeons émaillés en vert translucide alternant avec des perles imitant des baies sur fond sablé, chaque face appliquée d’une plaque en or finement ciselée de bacchanales d'enfants sous verre dans des médaillons en or émaillé, la gorge gravée 'MENIERE BIJOUTIER DU ROY RUE MAUCONSEIL A PARIS', poinçons dans le couvercle, le fond et les côtés : charge, lettre-date (P), et maître-orfèvre ; à l’intérieur du bord : charge et maître-orfèvre ; sur la gorge : garantie de l’or après 1838; dans un écrin postérieur en cuir rouge

L.: 8,5 cm. (3 3⁄8 in.)

Poids brut: 203 gr. (6 oz. 10 dwt.)





Provenance

Vente Christie's, The Property of the Executors of the late THE RT. HON. ALEXANDER FRANCIS ST.VINCENT BARING, 6th LORD ASHBURTON, K.G., K.C.V.O., Genève, 25 mai 1993, lot 69.



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A LOUIS XVI PEARL-SET ENAMELLED GOLD AND SHELL SNUFF-BOX BY PAUL-NICOLAS MENIÈRE, PARIS 1778/1779
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