A two-colour gold and tortoiseshell piqué snuff box, Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette, Paris, 1781

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Auction Closed

May 25, 03:15 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an important European private collection

A two-colour gold and tortoiseshell piqué snuff box, Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette, Paris, 1781

rectangular with cut corners, the lid, sides and base inset with tortoiseshell panels decorated with 18th century three-colour gold piqué point flower bouquets and plants in different coloured golds, within chased entrelac-de-rubans borders on a sablé ground, the corners flanked by Doric columns, maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Henri Clavel, Paris date letter for 1781,

8.2cm., 3¼in. wide

An elegant box in good condition

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