A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY PIERRE-ROBERT DEZAROT, PARIS,...
Oval enamelled in royal blue on engine turned wavy stripes, the side panels centred by a medallion enamelled with stylised flowerheads, the cover and base centred by a medallion enamelled to imitate moss agate, all within beaded border enamelled in red and blue, marked in cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (P) and maker; on flange: décharge and contremarque
23⁄4 in. (7 cm.) wide
Gross weight: 3 oz. 5 dwt. (102 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 17 may 1994, lot 80.
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Oval enamelled in royal blue on engine turned wavy stripes, the side panels centred by a medallion enamelled with stylised flowerheads, the cover and base centred by a medallion enamelled to imitate moss agate, all within beaded border enamelled in red and blue, marked in cover, base and side: charge, date-letter (P) and maker; on flange: décharge and contremarque
23⁄4 in. (7 cm.) wide
Gross weight: 3 oz. 5 dwt. (102 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 17 may 1994, lot 80.