A LOUIS XVI DOUBLE-OPENING JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BOITE-A-MOUCHES
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY J H, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1783-1789
Rectangular box, the cover set with a panel of glazed interwoven hair applied with raised intertwined pearl and turquoise set gothic initials LG, the sides and hinged base set with panels of blue-coloured aventurine quartz within chased vari-colour gold foliate borders, the cover set with a mirror, the interior fitted with an oblong similarly decorated hinged compartment, the base with a shallow compartment for patches and set with a mirror, in fitted shagreen case
2 1/8 in. (52 mm.) wide
The initials LG are most probably for Louise-Claudine Grand (1745-1796), second daughter of Isaac-Jean-Georges-Jonas Grand (ca. 1715-1793), who was Baron d'Esnon, Count of Premartin and Bourgogne, and banker to the French court in Amsterdam.
A LOUIS XVI DOUBLE-OPENING JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BOITE-A-MOUCHES
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY J H, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1783-1789
Rectangular box, the cover set with a panel of glazed interwoven hair applied with raised intertwined pearl and turquoise set gothic initials LG, the sides and hinged base set with panels of blue-coloured aventurine quartz within chased vari-colour gold foliate borders, the cover set with a mirror, the interior fitted with an oblong similarly decorated hinged compartment, the base with a shallow compartment for patches and set with a mirror, in fitted shagreen case
2 1/8 in. (52 mm.) wide
The initials LG are most probably for Louise-Claudine Grand (1745-1796), second daughter of Isaac-Jean-Georges-Jonas Grand (ca. 1715-1793), who was Baron d'Esnon, Count of Premartin and Bourgogne, and banker to the French court in Amsterdam.
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