China
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Dimensions: 7 x 5 cm
Decorated with the Beaumont / Boistel alliance coat of arms
Ordered by François de Beaumont (Paris 1686 - 1761), and his wife Marie-Colombe de Boistel .
He began his career as lieutenant general of the long robe of the captaincy of the hunts and varennes of the county of Blois. From 1726 to 1740, he was director of the Fermes Générales in Amiens, then Farmer General in Paris from 1740 to 1761.
In 1752, he became secretary to the king and succeeded Michel de Roissy. In 1725 he married Marie-Colombe de Boistel.