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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
Lot 248

A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE

BY NICOLAS-JEAN-BAPTISTE CHOCONAIN-DELAUNAY (FL. 1775-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE FLANGE LATER STRUCK 750

Closed2 December 2015

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
BY NICOLAS-JEAN-BAPTISTE CHOCONAIN-DELAUNAY (FL. 1775-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1784/1785, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRI CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE FLANGE LATER STRUCK 750
circular box, the cover, sides and base set with engine-turned panels of concentric reeding stamped at intervals with pellets, within slightly raised leaf and berry vari-colour gold sablé borders, the cover centred with a swirling foliate rosette, in original tooled brown leather case
2 7/8 in. (74 mm.) diam.
4 oz. (130 gr.)

Specialist note

Nicolas Choconain-Delaunay became master in 1775 following an apprenticeship with Jean-Bernard Sauvage, sponsored by Jean-Baptiste Choconain-Delaunay, a marchand mercier and apparently a close relative. He was working on the pont au Change until 1787 and then in the rue des Fourreurs and rue des Ours until 1793.