Lot 548
  • 548

Two French enamel snuff boxes with silver-gilt mounts

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Two French enamel snuff boxes with silver-gilt mounts
  • SILVER, ENAMEL
the first, cartouche form, decorated in raised gilding on a turquoise ground with a shepherd piper, the silver sides chased with landscapes, maker's mark rubbed, charge and discharge marks of Hubert Louvet, Paris, 1737/8, 7.5 cm., 3 in.; the other rectangular with raised gilt and translucent green trellis on a white ground,  circa 1750, later silver-gilt mounts, apparently unmarked, 8.2 cm., 3 1/4 in.

Provenance

First item; Manuscript Catalogue of Miniatures and Objects of Art, n.d., p. 10, ‘Crewe collection’; second item: Crewe House, London, Inventory, Vol. 1, 1913, p. 268, (Ornaments) : An oblong Battersea enamel Snuff Box with hinged lid, white with trellis decorations ingilt, gilt rim

Condition

First good condition, slight wear on base. Secondwith cracking and restoration on lid; needs professional cleaning.
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