BY JACQUES MARCELIN MARCAULT (FL. 1766-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 121

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A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JACQUES MARCELIN MARCAULT (FL. 1766-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1773/1774, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1775, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 121
oval box, the cover, sides and base chased with alternating vari-colour gold flutes and foliage strips, each centred with an oval gold cartouche depicting musical and gardening trophies on a sablé ground
2¾ in. (68 mm.) wide
3 oz. (86 gr.)

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The son of the master goldsmith Pierre-Nicolas Marcault, Jacques-Marcelin struck his mark in 1766 and in 1768 is listed at place Dauphine. He moved to pont St Michel by 1776 and was last listed there in 1793.

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