Live Auction 1147European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Lot 106 Property from a Descendent of the late Anton Philips (lots 78-107)

A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY JEAN FORMEY (1754-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1783/1784, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVELL 1782-1789

Closed2 October 2013

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GBP 5,000

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN FORMEY (1754-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1783/1784, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVELL 1782-1789
oval box, the cover, sides and base with panels of reeded engine-turning stamped at intervals with stars and pellets within raised beaded gold sablé borders, the vari-colour gold corner pilasters chased with foliage
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
100 gr.