Louis XVI enamelled gold boite-a-rouge, makers mark probably Jean - Auguste Lorentz, FL. Paris 1781 - 93, charge and discharge of Jean-Francois Kalendrin
Estimate $6,000 – $8,000
the circular box with all sides decorated with repeating peacock feather design and translucent blue enamel to guilloche ground between bands of scrolling gold foliage on sable ground, the cover and base centred by a swirling rosette
5.3 cm diameter
- Lot Sold $10,000 (Hammer Price)
- $12,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 19 May 1992, lot 84, illustrated
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