Tabatière en or de trois tons par Jean-Baptiste Gillet, Paris, 1769, et petite bonbonnière en or de quatre tons par Edmond-Honoré Langlois, 3e quart du XIXe siècle

la première, ovale, à fond guilloché, bordée de grappes de raisins et fleurs en or de différents tons; la deuxième ronde, le couvercle ciselé d'un trophée pastoral sur un fond guilloché et ceint de guirlandes de fleurs



the first oval with moiré engine-turned ground withion unusual vine cluster and flower borders in different-coloured golds, maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre; the second circular, centred with a crisp pastoral trophy on an engine-turned reeded and dotted ground within chased flower garlands

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