A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK-CRYSTAL SNUFF-BOX

BY CHARLES OUIZILLE (1771-1830), MARKED, PARIS, 1777/1778, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 384

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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK-CRYSTAL SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES OUIZILLE (1771-1830), MARKED, PARIS, 1777/1778, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 384
oval box, the cover, sides and base of rock-crystal, the sablé gold mounts stamped with slightly raised foliage enamelled in translucent green and translucent red enamel berries and flowerheads, within opaque white enamel frames
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide

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Charles Ouizille was born in 1744 and followed in the footsteps of his half-brother Louis, and was, like him, apprenticed to Louis-Guillaume Cassé, his maternal uncle. He obtained the maitrise in 1771, sponsored by his relation-by-marriage Philippe-Antoine Magimel. Ouizille was appointed bijoutier du roi and appears frequently in the accounts of the Menus Plaisirs as a supplier of boxes.

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