Live Auction 14226Opulence: Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
Lot 79

A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE

BY CHARLES-ALEXANDRE BOUILLEROT (FL 1769-1792), MARKED, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780

Closed6 June 2017

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GBP 1,875

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
BY CHARLES-ALEXANDRE BOUILLEROT (FL 1769-1792), MARKED, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
circular box, the cover and base engine-turned with a spiral moiré pattern, the sides similarly decorated, within raised chased acanthus leaf sablé borders
1¾ in. (45 mm.) diam.
1¾ oz. (54 gr.)

Specialist note

Charles-Alexandre Bouillerot was born around 1737 into a family of goldsmiths whose earliest known member was Nicolas Bouillerot (1720-1754). Charles-Alexandre apprenticed under Jean-Louis Bouillerot and was accepted as a master by the Cour des Monnaies in 1769. In 1774, he began to supply gold boxes to the prestigious firm Au Petit Dunkerque. At the beginning of the revolution he served as Captain of the Garde National Volontaire, but nothing is known of him after 1792.