Lot 287: A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY BARNABE SAGERET (FL. 1731-1758), INDISTINCTLY MARKED, PARIS, 1752/1753, WITH THE DISCHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-1756, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO POST-1893 FRENCH IMPORT MARKS
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base chased with rectangular panels of polished gold centred with oval reserves chased in four-colour gold with bucolic and harvesting scenes on a frosted ground, within fluted borders, the reserves on the hinged cover and base hung from bows, the reeded borders chased in four-colour gold with trailing foliage entwined with fluted ribbons
3 1/8 in. (81 mm.) wide
5 oz. (185 gr.)

Geneva, Hôtel Métropole, L'orfèvrerie française, 17e et 18e siècles, 1951, no. 42.

Pro Arte, 1951, no. 86, illustrated p. 127.

Sydney J. Lamon, New York; (+) Christie's, London, 28 November 1973, lot 28.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 25-26 April 1978, lot 217 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F.-11); Christie's, London, 11 April 2002, lot 910.

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