Necessaire a parfum en verre et vermeil, par Leonard Desbois, Paris, 1736-1737

comprenant: une soucoupe, un petit gobelet et un entonnoir en vermeil, 6 flacons en verre, les bouchons en vermeil et un petit verre, dans un coffret carré en bois de palissandre

comprising a saucer, a beaker and a funnel, all silver-gilt, six cut-glass flasks with silver-gilt caps and a cut-glass beaker

prov. 1/11): The bottom of the plate is slightly curved. Scattered wear and oxidation. In overall good condition. Minor scratches.Marks: on flask necks, discharge partly legible. Caps apparently unmarked. On funnel, discharge very clear. On saucer, discharge and maker legible, three contremarques, trace of another mark ; on beaker : on neck discharge and two contremarques legible, another later French control mark. Under the base maker partly legible. The wood case with scratches, a small crak on the cover.
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