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Louis XV gold snuffbox with two compartments, Maitre orfèvre Germain Chaye

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Louis XV gold snuffbox with two compartments, Maitre orfèvre Germain Chaye

€19000

Era: 18th century, Louis XV.
Materials: gold.
Dim: W 6,9 cm / H 3,8 cm / D 3,4 cm.
Weight: 125 g. (4,4 oz)
Master goldsmith GC: Germain,1755-1791.
Fermier général: Eloy Brichard,1756-1762.
Charge: harrow.
Discharge: shell.
Letter date T for 1759.
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A very fine rectangular gold box with a vertical frame and two lids that open in opposite directions. Its sides are streaked with sinusoidal lines and decorated with geometric designs of waves and scales in high relief. The interior has two compartments. The geometric decoration is extremely modern. PARIS, 1759-1760.
Bibliography:
Les tabatières du musée du Louvre: page 67 ( Germain Chaye)
Les tabatières du musée du Louvre: page 180 N°230 identical box.
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Louis XV gold snuffbox with two compartments, Maitre orfèvre Germain Chaye

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