A LOUIS XVI JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DRAIS (FL. 1763-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1778-1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
A LOUIS XVI JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DRAIS (FL. 1763-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1778-1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780 oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of opalescent enamel painted en camaïeu with winter branches on an oyster-pink ground, within chased gold frames, the cover centred with an oval grisaille miniature on a red hardstone ground depicting Silenus, the slightly raised borders chased with translucent green enamel foliage and set at intervals with seed pearls on a sablé ground, the side pilasters similarly decorated 2.7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XVI JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DRAIS (FL. 1763-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1778-1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780
A LOUIS XVI JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS DRAIS (FL. 1763-1788), MARKED, PARIS, 1778-1779, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780 oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of opalescent enamel painted en camaïeu with winter branches on an oyster-pink ground, within chased gold frames, the cover centred with an oval grisaille miniature on a red hardstone ground depicting Silenus, the slightly raised borders chased with translucent green enamel foliage and set at intervals with seed pearls on a sablé ground, the side pilasters similarly decorated 2.7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide
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