"An Early 19th Century Gold Box, Master Goldsmith Bedel"
Rectangular snuffbox with angled corners in several colors of gold. The hinged cover, the sides and base are decorated with a guilloché of parallel strips. The composition is framed by floral friezes of three shades of gold set against an amati gold background.
Master goldsmith B in a rhombus for P. Bedel in service from 1798, goldsmith in Lyon.
L: 3.14 in.(8cm) / W: 1.37in. (3.5cm) / H: 0.66in. (1.7cm)
Weight: 2.78oz (79 g).
Gold marks from the early 19th century.
Title: rooster (right) 1798-1809.
Census mark: horse's head from 1838
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