A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE

A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE
BY AUGUSTE-GASPARD TURMINE (FL. 1778-1786), MARKED, PARIS, 1779/1780, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
circular tortoiseshell-lined bonbonnière, the detachable cover and base with two-colour gold piqué-posé stripes laid over an ivory-coloured lacquer ground radiating from a central chased floral rosette, the sides with similar gold stripes, all within chased gold borders
2½ in. (63 mm.) diam.