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18th century gold candy box, goldsmith Mathieu Pionnier

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18th century gold candy box, goldsmith Mathieu Pionnier

€12800

Era: 18th century
Materials: gold
Weight: 4.23 oz. (120gr)
Dim: diam 2.8 in / H 1.06 in
Charge mark: 1774-1780
Discharge mark: monkey's head, 1774-1780
Letter M for 1775
Fermier général: JB Fouache
Master goldsmith: Mathieu Pionnier
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Beautiful circular two-gold bonbonnière entirely chased with sinusoidal lines forming a mesh on a guilloché background of concentric circles and edged on all sides with a toothed frieze in yellow gold. This decoration is repeated on all sides.
Charge mark: interlaced AR, 1774-1780.
Discharge mark: monkey's head, 1774-1780.
Fermier general, JB Fouache, 1775-1781.
Letter date M crowned for 1775.
Master goldsmith: Mathieu Pionnier, received in 1768.
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18th century gold candy box, goldsmith Mathieu Pionnier

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