Live Auction 5962Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A LOUIS XV-STYLE GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Lot 564 THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A LOUIS XV-STYLE GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BEARING MARKS RESEMBLING THE MARK OF PHILIPPE-ANTOINE MAGIMEL, THE PARIS DATE LETTER F FOR 1746-1747 AND THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ANTOINE LESCHAUDEL 1744-1750

Closed28 November 2012

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A LOUIS XV-STYLE GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BEARING MARKS RESEMBLING THE MARK OF PHILIPPE-ANTOINE MAGIMEL, THE PARIS DATE LETTER F FOR 1746-1747 AND THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ANTOINE LESCHAUDEL 1744-1750
rectangular box with slightly concave sides and domed cover, all sides finely chased with sprays of trailing flowers against a ground of undulating bands of burnished waves, wavy flange and slightly raised thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
6½ oz. (204 gr.)

Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1991, lot 206.

Specialist note

Philippe-Antoine Magimel struck his mark in 1721 and was garde du Corps de l'Orfèvrerie de Paris in 1736/1737, 1737/1738 and 1751/1752. In 1751, his nomination as grande-garde was empeached by the opposition of Noël Hardivilliers, Alexis Porcher and several other ex-gardes, whereas Julien Berthe acted in his favour. Nevertheless, Magimel became grande-garde in 1752 and consul in 1759. He died in 1772, aged 80.
For two similar boxes with illegible maker's marks, see Sotheby's, Geneva, 6 May 1981, lot 63, and Christie's, Geneva, 11 May 1982, lot 181.