Louis XVI gold vari-coloured bonbonniere, Alexis Proffit, Paris marks for 1874-1788, charge and discharge mark of Henry Clavel, Paris, 1784
Estimate $4,500 – $6,500
circular, the surface with all-over engine turning with a concentric reeded design with flowerheads, the cover and base with a central applied two-colour gold flower head on a stippled ground, multiple twisted rope and stiple borders
7.4 cm diameter, 124 gms
- Lot Sold $10,000 (Hammer Price)
- $12,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1996, lot 276, illustrated
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