A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOR GOLD PORTRAIT SNUFF BOX, MARK OF FRANCOIS-GUILLAUME TIRON, PARIS, 1766
Oval, the hinged cover set with a portrait miniature of a man in a purple silk coat within radiating flutes, the sides with arched panels enclosing erect leaves above roundels encircling rosettes, the base with a panel of trophies, marked on inside base and side with maker's mark, date mark, and charge mark for Jean-Jacques Prevost, Paris, 1762-1768, the flange with discharge mark for 1733-1775 and engraved Francois Tiron a Paris
31⁄2 in. (9 cm.) long
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With Marcel Bissey, Paris.
The Alexander Collection; Christie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lot 203.
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Oval, the hinged cover set with a portrait miniature of a man in a purple silk coat within radiating flutes, the sides with arched panels enclosing erect leaves above roundels encircling rosettes, the base with a panel of trophies, marked on inside base and side with maker's mark, date mark, and charge mark for Jean-Jacques Prevost, Paris, 1762-1768, the flange with discharge mark for 1733-1775 and engraved Francois Tiron a Paris
31⁄2 in. (9 cm.) long
Provenance
With Marcel Bissey, Paris.
The Alexander Collection; Christie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lot 203.
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Time, Location
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