AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN FORMEY (FL. 1754-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-1756
rectangular box of polished gold, the cover, sides and base finely engraved and chased in four-colour gold within reeded scroll surrounds, the cover and base decorated with scenes in the manner of David Teniers the Younger, on the cover two gentlemen seated at a table and playing cards in front of city gates, watched by a friend and an innkeeper with a jug of ale in one hand and a glass in the other, the base presenting a country scene in front of a church showing two peasants seated and smoking pipes, one helping himself from a barrel of ale with a ladle, a third man standing beside them with a glass and a jug; three sides with rural landscapes of streams, bridges and dwellings, the fourth side with a dog sleeping in front of the ale barrel after the peasants have left, the flange engraved with the initials DBDQ
2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) wide
5.7 oz. (176 gr.)
AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN FORMEY (FL. 1754-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-1756
rectangular box of polished gold, the cover, sides and base finely engraved and chased in four-colour gold within reeded scroll surrounds, the cover and base decorated with scenes in the manner of David Teniers the Younger, on the cover two gentlemen seated at a table and playing cards in front of city gates, watched by a friend and an innkeeper with a jug of ale in one hand and a glass in the other, the base presenting a country scene in front of a church showing two peasants seated and smoking pipes, one helping himself from a barrel of ale with a ladle, a third man standing beside them with a glass and a jug; three sides with rural landscapes of streams, bridges and dwellings, the fourth side with a dog sleeping in front of the ale barrel after the peasants have left, the flange engraved with the initials DBDQ
2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) wide
5.7 oz. (176 gr.)
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