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TWO LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASES
Lot 382 A

TWO LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASES

THE FIRST MARK OF ÉTIENNE-PIERRE ROUSSELET (FL. 1788-1821), PARIS, 1788/1789, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792, LATER STRUCK WITH THE CENSUS MARK FOR THE SOUTH DIVISION 1819-1838, THE SECOND, PARIS, APPARENTLY 1785, THE MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT

Closed13 December 2017

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TWO LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASES
THE FIRST MARK OF ÉTIENNE-PIERRE ROUSSELET (FL. 1788-1821), PARIS, 1788/1789, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792, LATER STRUCK WITH THE CENSUS MARK FOR THE SOUTH DIVISION 1819-1838, THE SECOND, PARIS, APPARENTLY 1785, THE MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
The first with matrix engraved with monogram 'OMB', each marked inside cover and on flange
4.6/8 in. (12.2 cm.) long, the largest

Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London 28 November 2006, lot 25 (the first).
S.A.R. La Principessa Reale Maria Gabriella Di Savoia; Christie's, London, 27 June 2007, lot 14.