A Louis XVI gold and enamel circular box, Pierre-Charles Mané, Paris, 1783

engine-turned surfaces within borders of blue enamel running leaves and blue lines, the center with a chased flowerhead within a white and blue guilloche border, cable borders, in a leather case stamped Laurent, 2 rue Meyerbeer, Paris

Oger et Dumont, Paris, March 4, 1985, lot 80

 

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Pierre-Charles Mané entered his mark August 2, 1777 sponsored by Dominique-François Poitreau, and worked in rue des Arcis, parish of St. Merry. In 1778 Le Journal de Paris published an announcement that Mané offered the Academy of Sciences a number of pieces including a copper panel, models of watch cases, ivory portraits of the king and Henry IV as a demonstration of his ability in engine-turning.