A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY MELCHIOR-RENÉ BARRÉ (FL. 1768-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1771/72, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774; THE MINIATURE BY JEAN-DANIEL WELPER (1730-1789)
Oval, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coin-pattern engine-turning within vari-colour gold foliate borders, the sides and base each centred with an oval sablé cartouche chased with musical trophies, the cover set with an oval portrait miniature, on vellum, of King Louis XV (1710-1774), signed 'Welper', lower left, within a later silver-mounted diamond surround
3 in. (84 mm.) wide
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Galerie Koller, Zurich, 17 November 1980, lot 6709.
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Oval, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coin-pattern engine-turning within vari-colour gold foliate borders, the sides and base each centred with an oval sablé cartouche chased with musical trophies, the cover set with an oval portrait miniature, on vellum, of King Louis XV (1710-1774), signed 'Welper', lower left, within a later silver-mounted diamond surround
3 in. (84 mm.) wide
Provenance
Galerie Koller, Zurich, 17 November 1980, lot 6709.
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