A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS MATHIS BEAULIEU (FL. 1768-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1771/1772, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 453, STRUCK WITH THE FRENCH POST-1838 GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD oval box, the cover and base set with panels of polished gold, each centred with an oval sablé cartouche chased with vari-colour gold musical trophies within a floral wreath surmounted by a bow, the sides with bands of vertical reeding between raised foliate strips, within egg and dart vari-colour gold borders, the flange engraved ' Ve George Beaulieu a Paris ' 2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide 3¾ oz. (118 gr.)
A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS MATHIS BEAULIEU (FL. 1768-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1771/1772, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 453, STRUCK WITH THE FRENCH POST-1838 GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD oval box, the cover and base set with panels of polished gold, each centred with an oval sablé cartouche chased with vari-colour gold musical trophies within a floral wreath surmounted by a bow, the sides with bands of vertical reeding between raised foliate strips, within egg and dart vari-colour gold borders, the flange engraved ' Ve George Beaulieu a Paris ' 2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide 3¾ oz. (118 gr.)
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