A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFF-BOX
BY ANTOINE BENARD (FL. 1756-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1782, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, THE SECOND COUNTER MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE RESTRICTED 'RECENSE' MARK FOR PARIS 1798-1809 AND THE VIENNESE TAX MARK FOR GOLD 1806/1807
A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFF-BOX BY ANTOINE BENARD (FL. 1756-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1782, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, THE SECOND COUNTER MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE RESTRICTED 'RECENSE' MARK FOR PARIS 1798-1809 AND THE VIENNESE TAX MARK FOR GOLD 1806/1807 rectangular box with canted corners, the cover decorated in iroe takemakie, haramakie and harame with a gentleman surrounded by three ladies picnicking on the grass by a blossoming bush during Hanami , the base decorated in iroe miramakie, hirame and kirikane depicting a house by a shore and a fisherman in a boat, the side panels similarly decorated with houses in landscapes, the mounts finely chased in green gold with scrolling clouds and Doric columns, the inside gold-lined with impressed seal-marks 3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFF-BOX
BY ANTOINE BENARD (FL. 1756-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1782, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, THE SECOND COUNTER MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE RESTRICTED 'RECENSE' MARK FOR PARIS 1798-1809 AND THE VIENNESE TAX MARK FOR GOLD 1806/1807
A LOUIS XVI GOLD-LINED JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFF-BOX BY ANTOINE BENARD (FL. 1756-1790), MARKED, PARIS, 1782, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, THE SECOND COUNTER MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL 1782-1789, THE RESTRICTED 'RECENSE' MARK FOR PARIS 1798-1809 AND THE VIENNESE TAX MARK FOR GOLD 1806/1807 rectangular box with canted corners, the cover decorated in iroe takemakie, haramakie and harame with a gentleman surrounded by three ladies picnicking on the grass by a blossoming bush during Hanami , the base decorated in iroe miramakie, hirame and kirikane depicting a house by a shore and a fisherman in a boat, the side panels similarly decorated with houses in landscapes, the mounts finely chased in green gold with scrolling clouds and Doric columns, the inside gold-lined with impressed seal-marks 3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
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