Live Auction 12030OPULENCE .Silver . Gold Boxes . 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
Lot 113

A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE

BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (FL. 1779-1839), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1786, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE MINIATURE BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), SIGNED 'J.J. DE GAULT'

Closed29 November 2016

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GBP 10,000

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A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (FL. 1779-1839), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1786, WITH THE SECOND CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE MINIATURE BY JACQUES-JOSEPH DE GAULT (1738-1817), SIGNED 'J.J. DE GAULT'
rectangular gold-lined dark tortoiseshell box, the cover inset with a grisaille miniature depicting a triumphal chariot procession within a chased frame and polished gold border
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide

Specialist note

Vachette was one of the best-known of the Parisian gold box makers at the turn of the 18th to the 19th Century. He struck his mark in 1779 and later worked together with Nitot, one of the court jewellers of Emperor Napoleon I. Henry Nocq (Le poinçon de Paris, Paris, 1968, [reprint], p. 76), praises Vachette: 'Avant et aprés la Révolution les plus belles tabatières d'or sont marquées du poinçon de Vachette.'