In enameled gold contained in a red leather case. Pear-shaped with framed borders, it is enamelled with bindweed flowers and their foliage held by a ribbon, the latter as a reminder on the borders, interlaced with a garland of leaves. Reminder of enamel on the cap.
Master goldsmith Jean Ducrollay, received in 1734.
Paris 1753-1754.
Length: 10,2 cm.
Weight: 66,2g (18k - 750/1000).
An enamel and 18K gold pear-shaped scent bottle, by Jean Ducrollay, circa 1753-1754.
See the snuffboxes reproduced and described under numbers 4 and 5 in the catalog of the “18th century snuffboxes of Thurn und Taxis”. These boxes are also in the Louvre Museum, the Wallace Collection, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum and in private collections.
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