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DescriptionThree gold snuff boxes, Paris, late 18th century and later
the first, a three-coloured gold example, Nicolas Marguerit, Paris, 1782-1789, circular, all sides decorated in pelllet and flower engine-turning, faramed bands of chased foliage, maker's mark, second charge and discharge mark of Henri Clavel, Paris date letter; the second a smaller circular exmple, Toussaint-François Pillieux, Paris, circa 1790, decorated with alternating bands of horizontally and vertically reeded engine-turning within hald-bead borders, maker's mark, post-revolutionary unregistered troisième titre; the third a rectangular snuff box, Louis-François-Tronquoy, Paris, probably circa 1840, rectangular with rounded corners, the lid centred with a plain armorial cartouche within scrolling foliage, small protruding thumbpiece, maker's mark, Paris troisième titre 1838-1919,
Diam. 2 3/8in & 1 3/4in, Long. 2 9/16in, 5.1oz _______________________________________________________________
Trois tabatières en or, Paris, fin du XVIIIe siècle et après
la première, ronde, en or de trois couleurs par Nicolas Marguerit, Paris, 1782-1789, toutes les faces décorées en guilloché et fleurs, bandes de feuillage ciselées, poinçon d'orfèvre, deuxième poinçon de charge et de décharge d'Henri Clavel, lettre-date de Paris ; la deuxième, ronde, par Toussaint-François Pillieux, Paris, vers 1790, décorée de bandes alternées de guilloché horizontal et vertical dans des bordures de perles, poinçon d'orfèvre, troisième titre post-révolutionnaire non enregistré ; la troisième, rectangulaire, par Louis-François-Tronquoy, Paris, probablement vers 1840, avec des coins arrondis, le couvercle centré d'un cartouche armorié uni dans un feuillage en rinceaux, poinçon d'orfèvre, Paris troisième titre 1838-1919
Diam. 6 cm et 4.5 cm, Long. 6.5 cm, 147.2g
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