A two-coloured gold snuff box, Louis-Guillaume Cassé, Paris, 1753/1754

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May 16, 01:56 PM GMT

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20,000 - 30,000 CHF

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Lot Details

Description

rectangular, each face chased with pavilions and arcades with checkerboard floors and domed rooves on a sablé ground with polished gold clouds above, within chased scrollwork frames, the interior later engraved with a presentation inscription cleverly relating to the architectural theme, reading: Presented to Robert Abraham, Esquire, Architect FSA/ As a token of affectionate regard/ by his pupils, James Lockyer, Thomas Little, Robert Edward Phillips, John Woolley, Martin Joseph Stutely, George Alexander, Alfred Beaumont, Henry Flower, April 8.1842, maker's marks, charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe, Paris date letter n,

7.1 cm; 3 ¾ in. wide

Robert Abraham, to whom it was presented in 1842

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