A Louis XV gold-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box with the charge and discharge marks of Julian Berthe, Paris 1750-56 image 1

A Louis XV gold-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box with the charge and discharge marks of Julian Berthe, Paris 1750-56 image 2

A Louis XV gold-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box with the charge and discharge marks of Julian Berthe, Paris 1750-56 image 3

Lots 26-29 were bought in the Dr Anton C R Dreesmann Collection sale in 2002 by a private European collector.
Further boxes bought at this sale will be coming up in two future Bonhams sales: Fine European Ceramics, Bond St, 6th December 2018; Home & interiors, Knightsbridge, 11th December 2018

Lot 26

A Louis XV gold-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box
with the charge and discharge marks of Julian Berthe, Paris 1750-56

Important Design

21 November 2018, 13:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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A Louis XV gold-mounted mother-of-pearl snuff box

with the charge and discharge marks of Julian Berthe, Paris 1750-56
Rectangular, the cover with a panel of engraved mother-of-pearl inset with roundels of darker shell, each centred with a gold flowerhead, with reeded hinge mount and plain sides, the base with an engine turned panel of pearly shell with similar gold flowerhead bosses, length 5.6cm.

Footnotes

Provenance:
Dr Anton Dreesmann, inventory number F208.
Christie's, 11th April 2002, lot 917.
Private European collection.

This box was bought in the Dr Anton C R Dreesmann Collection sale in 2002 by a private European collector.
Further boxes bought at this sale will be coming up in two future Bonhams sales: Fine European Ceramics, Bond St, 6th December 2018; Home & Interiors, Knightsbridge, 11th December 2018.

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