Gold snuffbox in “en baignoire” shape
Gold snuffbox in “en baignoire” shape
France, Paris
1785-1786
Master Pierre Lucien Joitteau P.
Multicolored gold; guilloche (guillochage), chasing, matting (canfarent)
2.3 x 10.0 x 3.1 cm
Master's mark in form of fleur-de-lis surmounted by crown, two dots (assay marks), acorn and initials “PLJ”, marks of farmers-general Henry Clavel and Jean François Kalendrin, 1782–1789, date letter P85, 1785–1786.
A gold snuffbox in an elongated oval-shaped body, named «en baignoire» (French for "bathtub-shaped"), with a guilloche wave-like surface with rows of polished circles and flowers, with a hinged lid. Under the lid, there is a compartment for tobacco with a mirror-polished surface. The surfaces of the lid and the lower panel of the base are framed by a track with a smooth groove, a border with a relief ornament in the form of laurel leaves of green gold with flowers and egg-and-dart (ionics) of pink gold on a matted (canfarent) field, and a protruding smooth rim. The rim of the lid and the lower edge of the side surface are also decorated with a chased border of laurel leaves, flowers and egg-and-dart (ionics) of multicolored gold. On the side surface of the body, guilloche plaques are divided by fluted pilasters on a matted (canfarent) field with vases on the front side of the lid.
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