Snuffbox with foliage ornamentation
Snuffbox with foliage ornamentation
France, Paris
1785–1786
Cellier, Jacques Antoine (?)
Three-colour gold
2.1 × 7.3 cm
Maker’s mark; charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel and Jean François Kalendrin; date letter P85; French eagle-head control mark, struck twice
A circular gold snuffbox richly decorated with ornamental motifs. The lid features concentric bands of engraved floral and geometric patterns surrounding a small oval composition at the centre. The sides are embellished with decorative friezes. The refined ornamentation highlights the exquisite craftsmanship of the piece.
The
initials of the mark, JAC, correspond with those of Jacques Antoine Cellier;
the différent, however, which resembles an arrow head, does not match the gland
(acorn) recorded when Cellier entered his mark in 1762
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