A RARE 17TH. CENTURY FRENCH SILVER BOX OF OCTAGONAL FORM
MAKER'S MARK ONLY TO BASE AND INSIDE COVER, INDISTINCT, A CROWNED FLEUR-DE-LYS AND PELLETS WITH DEVICE AND INITIALS BELOW, ? Q, PROBABLY FOR A MEMBER OF THE PARISIAN QUIN FAMILY, INSCRIBED WITH DATE 1671, ALSO A LATER CONTROL MARK TO COVER
A RARE 17TH. CENTURY FRENCH SILVER BOX OF OCTAGONAL FORM MAKER'S MARK ONLY TO BASE AND INSIDE COVER, INDISTINCT, A CROWNED FLEUR-DE-LYS AND PELLETS WITH DEVICE AND INITIALS BELOW, ? Q, PROBABLY FOR A MEMBER OF THE PARISIAN QUIN FAMILY, INSCRIBED WITH DATE 1671, ALSO A LATER CONTROL MARK TO COVER Hinged cover etched and engraved with the Judgement of Paris , depicting the reclining figure of Paris holding the golden apple with Hermes on his left and Eros on his right accompanying Aphrodite with Athena and Hera beside, a town in background, sides similarly decorated with panels depicting two mounted huntsmen, one with horn, accompanied by hounds who pursue and savage a stag and a rabbit amidst dense foliage, one panel depicting a seated Eros (Cupid) holding a vase of flowers, inside of cover engraved with a coat of arms beside a reversed and interlaced monogram with circlet of flowers and ribbons above, all within a wreath, the date 1671 engraved below, narrow wrigglework border 1 ¾ in. long (4.5 cm.) 1.5 oz. (approx. 46 gm.)
A RARE 17TH. CENTURY FRENCH SILVER BOX OF OCTAGONAL FORM
MAKER'S MARK ONLY TO BASE AND INSIDE COVER, INDISTINCT, A CROWNED FLEUR-DE-LYS AND PELLETS WITH DEVICE AND INITIALS BELOW, ? Q, PROBABLY FOR A MEMBER OF THE PARISIAN QUIN FAMILY, INSCRIBED WITH DATE 1671, ALSO A LATER CONTROL MARK TO COVER
A RARE 17TH. CENTURY FRENCH SILVER BOX OF OCTAGONAL FORM MAKER'S MARK ONLY TO BASE AND INSIDE COVER, INDISTINCT, A CROWNED FLEUR-DE-LYS AND PELLETS WITH DEVICE AND INITIALS BELOW, ? Q, PROBABLY FOR A MEMBER OF THE PARISIAN QUIN FAMILY, INSCRIBED WITH DATE 1671, ALSO A LATER CONTROL MARK TO COVER Hinged cover etched and engraved with the Judgement of Paris , depicting the reclining figure of Paris holding the golden apple with Hermes on his left and Eros on his right accompanying Aphrodite with Athena and Hera beside, a town in background, sides similarly decorated with panels depicting two mounted huntsmen, one with horn, accompanied by hounds who pursue and savage a stag and a rabbit amidst dense foliage, one panel depicting a seated Eros (Cupid) holding a vase of flowers, inside of cover engraved with a coat of arms beside a reversed and interlaced monogram with circlet of flowers and ribbons above, all within a wreath, the date 1671 engraved below, narrow wrigglework border 1 ¾ in. long (4.5 cm.) 1.5 oz. (approx. 46 gm.)
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