Snuffbox of Honey-Coloured Agate
Snuffbox of Honey-Coloured Agate
France, Paris
1735–1737
Gold, agate
3.9 × 8.5 × 6.2 cm
Marks: partial maker’s mark, second letter I[?], star différent, charge and discharge marks and countermark of Hubert Louvet, 1732–1738, date letters T and V, 1735–1737, countermark of Louis Robin, 1738–1744, small ouvrages vieux of Antoine Leschaudel, 1744–1750, countermark of Julien Berthe, 1750–1756, French post-1893 hibou import mark
The plethora of countermarks on this delicate gold-mounted agate box would suggest that it had been returned to the goldsmiths many times for replacements to the fragile agate panels. The day books of the marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux have many references to boxes or other objects being returned or brought in for repair.
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