A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF-BOX
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF-BOX
BY PIERRE-ISAAC GILLES (FL. 1739-1759) OU PIERRE-FRANCOIS GOUJON (FL. 1741-1771), MARKED, PARIS, 1745/46, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ANTOINE LESCHAUDEL 1744-1750; WITH TWO LATER POST 1838 PARIS WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD
Rectangular, with chased wave-patterned gold cagework mounts, the mother-of-pearl panels mounted à jour and applied with gold pellets
2 3/8 in. (59 mm.) wide
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Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 8 May 1979, lot 94 (sold CHF 22,000)
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A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF-BOX
BY PIERRE-ISAAC GILLES (FL. 1739-1759) OU PIERRE-FRANCOIS GOUJON (FL. 1741-1771), MARKED, PARIS, 1745/46, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ANTOINE LESCHAUDEL 1744-1750; WITH TWO LATER POST 1838 PARIS WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD
Rectangular, with chased wave-patterned gold cagework mounts, the mother-of-pearl panels mounted à jour and applied with gold pellets
2 3/8 in. (59 mm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 8 May 1979, lot 94 (sold CHF 22,000)
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