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A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
BY CHARLES LE BASTIER (FL. 1754-1783), MARKED, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE INTERIOR STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 326, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH RETAILER'S NAME 'DU PETIT DUNKERQUE'
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE BY CHARLES LE BASTIER (FL. 1754-1783), MARKED, PARIS, 1775/1776, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE INTERIOR STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 326, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH RETAILER'S NAME 'DU PETIT DUNKERQUE' oval box, the cover, sides and base with panels of wavy engine-turning enamelled in translucent gold, painted en camaïeu with brown winter branches, the outer borders and pilasters chased at intervals with flowerheads and foliage within opaque white enamel frames, the cover centred by an oval enamel miniature titled ' école d'amour ' 2 5/8 in. (66 mm.) wide