A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE GODART (FL. 1769-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE BY JEAN-BAPTISTE GODART (FL. 1769-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with concentric circles, the sides similarly engine-turned with reeding, the lid and base centred by a circular reserve applied with a swirling foliate rosette on a frosted ground within a fluted border, the matted gold rims applied with a garland of stylised acanthus framed by flutes, the interior cover engraved with a presentation inscription 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) diam. 4½ oz. (145 gr.) The presentation inscription reads 'From E. Quin - to the - Hon. b l e Cha. s Monck the Nephew & Godson of her beloved Husband the late CHA. s W. m QUIN ESQ. r Physician General for thirty three Years Born October 1756. Died Dec. r 1818.'
A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE GODART (FL. 1769-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE BY JEAN-BAPTISTE GODART (FL. 1769-1781), MARKED, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with concentric circles, the sides similarly engine-turned with reeding, the lid and base centred by a circular reserve applied with a swirling foliate rosette on a frosted ground within a fluted border, the matted gold rims applied with a garland of stylised acanthus framed by flutes, the interior cover engraved with a presentation inscription 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) diam. 4½ oz. (145 gr.) The presentation inscription reads 'From E. Quin - to the - Hon. b l e Cha. s Monck the Nephew & Godson of her beloved Husband the late CHA. s W. m QUIN ESQ. r Physician General for thirty three Years Born October 1756. Died Dec. r 1818.'
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