Lot 43
  • 43

Tabatière en or par Louis Pannelier, Paris, 1734

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Tabatière en or par Louis Pannelier, Paris, 1734
  • Le motif du couvercle fait écho au dessin préparatoire d'une gravure d'architecture rocaille réalisé par Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier en 1733/1734, et illustré dans le livre de Peter Fuhring,Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, Un génie du rococo 1695-1750, Turin, 1999, vol. II, no.89, p.287.

  • the lid chased with an architectural caprice, the base with a martial trophy, the sides and frames with rocaille scrolls, maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Hubert Louvet, Paris date letter for 1734

  • Long. 6,7 cm ; 2 3/4 in
le couvercle ciselé d'un caprice d'architecture, le dessous de trophées guerriers, la bâte et les frises d'encadrement de rinceaux rocailles, poinçon de maître, charge et décharge de Hubert Louvet, lettre -date de Paris, 1734

Provenance

Jaime Ortiz-Patiño;
The Ortiz-Patiño Collection of Highly Important French Gold Boxes III, Christie's, 26 June 1974, lot 3

Literature

A. Kenneth Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Paris: A Catalogue of the J. Ortiz-Patiño Collection, London, 1974, pp. 28-29

Condition

Generally very good condition with wear to base, slight wear overall. Minor crimping to inner lid rim.
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