Snuffbox In Partially Gilded Silver - Claude Guignard - Louis XVI Period - Paris, 1775-1776

Partially gilded silver tabatière
Early Louis XVI period
Goldsmith Claude Guignard, active from 1769 to 1789
Paris, 1775-1776
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~6.5 x ~5 x ~2.5 [W x D x H]
Weight 68 g
Very good overall condition
The motifs and vermeil are still very fresh
The lid closes perfectly
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Beautiful decorative register of bouquets, garlands, flowers and clasps on an amati background
The lid is centered by a medallion with musical instruments
On the back, the medallion is decorated with gardening instruments
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Honks
- Master Claude Guignard hallmark (crowned fleur-de-lys, both grains, CGG, a flaming heart) [Nocq II p.293-294];
- Charge hallmark for small works (Le chiffre de Paris), Paris 1774-1780 [BP n°487]
- Jury hallmark used from July 15, 1775 to July 13, 1776 (crowned letter M) [BP n°498]
- Poinçon de décharge des ouvrages passant à l'étranger (A camel's head), Paris 1774-1780 [BP n°493]
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Bibliography
BP: Michèle Bimbenet-Privat and Gabriel de Fontaines, La datation de l'orfèvrerie parisienne sous l'Ancien Régime, Paris-Musées 1995
Nocq II: Henry Nocq,Le poinçon de Paris, Léonce Laget, Paris 1968, tome II