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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 117 - 141)
A LOUIS XVI JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PATCH-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH THE INSCRIPTION 'MEINERRE RUE MONCONSEILLE A PARIS'
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A LOUIS XVI JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PATCH-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH THE INSCRIPTION 'MEINERRE RUE MONCONSEILLE A PARIS'
rectangular double-opening box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of mauve enamel within slightly raised chased enamel foliate gold borders, the cover later set with a silver-mounted diamond-set inscription 'Tout comprendre est tout pardonner'
2 3/8 in. (55 mm.) wide
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH THE INSCRIPTION 'MEINERRE RUE MONCONSEILLE A PARIS'
rectangular double-opening box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of mauve enamel within slightly raised chased enamel foliate gold borders, the cover later set with a silver-mounted diamond-set inscription 'Tout comprendre est tout pardonner'
2 3/8 in. (55 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Paris, 8 June 2016, lot 270.
Brought to you by
David McLachlan