A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
circular tortoiseshell bonbonnière, the cover, sides and base with panels of brilliant red and gold lacquer, decorated with floral sprays and foliage mounted with slender intersecting chased gold bands, the cover and base centred by a circular two-colour gold rosette, all within chased gold borders
2½ in. (63 mm.) diam.
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
circular tortoiseshell bonbonnière, the cover, sides and base with panels of brilliant red and gold lacquer, decorated with floral sprays and foliage mounted with slender intersecting chased gold bands, the cover and base centred by a circular two-colour gold rosette, all within chased gold borders
2½ in. (63 mm.) diam.
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