A LOUIS XV SILVER-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY BOX, CIRCA 1750-1755, THE SILVER MARK OF ANTOINE BAILLY, CIRCA 1750-52

A LOUIS XV SILVER-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY BOX
CIRCA 1750-1755, THE SILVER MARK OF ANTOINE BAILLY, CIRCA 1750-52
The rectangular case with floral spray cartouches opening to a well over a small compartmented drawer, interiors later lined, the silver handles marked AE for Antoine Bailly, crowned K for 1750-52, escutcheon, drawer and cover mounts apparently unmarked
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high, 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) wide, 10 ¾ in. (27.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, Geneva; Sotheby's, New York, 25 April 1998, lot 236 ($13,800).