A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE AND BURGAU SNUFF-BOX
BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (FL. 1779-1839), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1810/1820, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN GOLD GUARANTEE MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS 1809-1819
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE AND BURGAU SNUFF-BOX BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (FL. 1779-1839), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1810/1820, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN GOLD GUARANTEE MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS 1809-1819 cartouche-shaped brown agate hardstone box with bombé sides, the cover and base decorated in shimmering abalone shell Burgau and gold-flake scenes of classical ruins within a riverside landscape with trees and foliage, the sides with applied hardstone and shell insects, polished gold mounts, in later fitted black leather case 3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide (2)
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE AND BURGAU SNUFF-BOX
BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (FL. 1779-1839), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1810/1820, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN GOLD GUARANTEE MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS 1809-1819
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE AND BURGAU SNUFF-BOX BY ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (FL. 1779-1839), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1810/1820, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN GOLD GUARANTEE MARK FOR SMALL ITEMS 1809-1819 cartouche-shaped brown agate hardstone box with bombé sides, the cover and base decorated in shimmering abalone shell Burgau and gold-flake scenes of classical ruins within a riverside landscape with trees and foliage, the sides with applied hardstone and shell insects, polished gold mounts, in later fitted black leather case 3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide (2)
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