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Gold Wax case, Louis XV period, Nicolas Durier master goldsmith

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Gold Wax case, Louis XV period, Nicolas Durier master goldsmith

€6500

Era: Louis XV period.
Materials: gold.
Dim: H 4.72 in / L 0.78 in.
Weight: 48 g.
Charge mark: crowned A and two palms.
Discharge mark: dog's head.
Farmer's name: Jean-Jacques Prevost (1762-1768).
Recontrole mark: eagle head.
Master goldsmith hallmark: ND for Nicolas Durier.

 

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Gold wax case, cylindrical shape and four-lobed wax case. The polished rose gold case is decorated with a frieze of stylized roses in rose and white gold, on an amati gold background. The case has an elegant chiselled rectangular panel and a cleverly designed play of light. Work of the middle of the 18th century. 
Master goldsmith's hallmark: ND  crowned fleur-de-lys, crowned heart by Nicolas Durier, received master goldsmith in Paris on 13 September 1758, died on 8 July 1788.
 

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Gold Wax case, Louis XV period, Nicolas Durier master goldsmith

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