Plain silver root box, Master goldsmith... - Lot 247 - Rossini

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Plain silver root box, Master goldsmith... - Lot 247 - Rossini
Plain silver root box, Master goldsmith François-Nicolas Girard, Rennes 1775-1776 Of rectangular form, the borders with nets, posed on a frame, the sides with strong doucines, the lid with hinge, engraved in a threaded frame of the coats of arms under a crown of marquis, of François de Sales, knight of Langle, baron of Coëtuhan (1747-1789) and of Louise de Roscoat, married in 1776 Hallmark of the Master goldsmith François-Nicolas Girard, received in 1769; letter-date hallmark, crowned S, 1774-1776; charge mark, 1775-1781 Height : 6,5 cm - Length : 14 cm - Width : 7,5 cm - Weight : 326 g. Box of tomb form, in reminder of the Antiquity; the root boxes belonged to a toilet service like the powder boxes. For a pair of powder boxes, by François-Nicolas Girard, of the same year and engraved with the same coat of arms, see : Peter Fuhring, Michèle Bimbenet-Privat,Orfèvrerie Française, Lacollection Jourdan-Barry,J.Kugel, Paris, 2005, n° 300; andJean-Jacques Rioult, Sophie Vergne, Les orfèvres de hauteBretagne, Cahiers du Patrimoine, 2006, p.450
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