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A three-coloured gold and enamel snuff box, Henri Delobel, Paris, 1762/1763

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

oval, all sides painted en plein with ‘chinoiserie’ scenes en grisaille against a raspberry-coloured enamel ground, framed by chased borders of ovolos, entrelac and rocailles flanked by flower sprays en trois couleurs on a sablé ground, the sides further decorated with dividers formed of columns hung with laurel swags, the later base with enamels painted by a different hand, maker’s mark, charge discharge mark of Jean-Jacques Prévost (1762-1768), Paris date letter for 1762,

7 cm; 2 ¾ in. wide

overall weight 125 gr, 4,02 oz.

Christie's London, Gold Boxes, 3rd July 2019, lot 51

Another gold box with the same subject painted en grisaille, although against a salmon-coloured enamel background, was made by Noël Hardivilliers, 1753/1754, and belongs to the collection of the Musée du Louvre (OA 7985, see S. Grandjean, Les tabatières du Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, p. 114, no. 125).

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