A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, BY CHARLES-ALEXANDRE BOUILLEROT (FL 1769-1792), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES-ALEXANDRE BOUILLEROT (FL 1769-1792), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
oval box, the cover, sides and base each set with panels enamelled with winter branches painted in purple en camaïeu on an opalescent oyster-pink engine-turned ground, within white enamel fillets and polished gold frames, with translucent blue and opaque white beaded enamel outer borders, the sides pilasters with blue and white enamel palmettes
3. 1/8 in. (79 mm.) wide
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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES-ALEXANDRE BOUILLEROT (FL 1769-1792), MARKED, PARIS, 1778/1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
oval box, the cover, sides and base each set with panels enamelled with winter branches painted in purple en camaïeu on an opalescent oyster-pink engine-turned ground, within white enamel fillets and polished gold frames, with translucent blue and opaque white beaded enamel outer borders, the sides pilasters with blue and white enamel palmettes
3. 1/8 in. (79 mm.) wide