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Lot 252 Dα

A Louis XVI 18k gold snuff box

Auction 1139 - overview Cologne
14.11.2019, 16:00 - Jewellery & Boxes
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 7.440 € (incl. premium)

A Louis XVI 18k gold snuff box

Oval box with guilloche and Ozier decor, the edges with finely chased flowering tendril borders in tri-colour gold. With three pilaster motifs, flowers and festoons. Hallmarks: Mark of Julien Alaterre, 1768 - 1774/77, year letter for 1770, maker's mark "JBG" of Jean Baptiste Gillet, master as of 1734, died 1786 (Beuque, 1.171). A thin scratch to the lid. 3.5 x 8 x 6 cm. Weight 135.22 g.
Jean Baptiste Gillet, Paris, circa 1770.