Important Gold Boxes from a Private European Family Collection
A double-opening carnelian snuff box with cagework mounts, Noel Hardivilliers, Paris, 1738
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of shaped rectangular form, the gold mounts around the slightly domed carnelian panels chased with leaves and daisy-like flowerheads on a wavy ground, partially rubbed maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Louis Robin (1738-1744), rubbed Paris date letter y,
6.3 cm; 2 ½ in. wide
The first official mention of a boîte-à-deux tabacs, used to keep two different kinds of snuff separated within one tight-fitting container, is a gold-mounted lacquer box by the marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux (1703-1758). Duvaux was active as a merchant by 1743, his main customers were the king and Madame de Pompadour who received from him in 1753 'une tabatiere de lacq a deux tabacs, en or émaille' (Clare LeCorbeiller, European and American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830, London, 1966, p. 21).
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