"Louis XVI Period Gold Box, Joseph-andré Bologniel-president"
Oval box or snuffbox in several tones of gold. The snuff box is decorated with a guilloché motif of weights on the lid, the frame and the base. The edge is decorated with a frieze of stylized laurel garland on an amati background. The frame presents an alternation of guilloche panels and foliage and stylized motifs. Louis XVI period.
Trace of wear on the cover.
Master goldsmith Joseph-André Bologniel-Presidant (1778-1793).
Farmer general: Henri Clavel, 1780-1789.
Jurande hallmark: crowned R for 1780.
Discharge hallmark: lapwing head 1783-1789.
Eagle head recheck.
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