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LATE 19TH CENTURY, STRUCK WITH MARKS RESEMBLING THOSE FOR PARIS 1774-1780 AND THE PARISIAN DATE LETTER FOR 1776

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GENEVA, CIRCA 1790

BY FRÈRES SOUCHAY, HANAU, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, CROWNED LETTER K AND A MARK RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK FOR 1768-1775

GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 1097

BY JEAN-EDMÉ JULLIOT (FL. 1772-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1780/1781, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780 AND THE FIRST DECHARGE MARK OF HENRI CLAVEL 1780-1782, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN 1839-PRESENT SMALL GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD

MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1776/1777, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

Attributed to Gotō Seizaburo. Circa 1895.

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circular, all sides decorated in dark brown enamel imitating moss agate, surrounded by translucent champagne-colored enamel over concentric engine-turning

BY CARLO GIULIANO, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Circular gold box covered with pink guilloché enamel decorated with radiating moiré waves, the lid is gold mounted with an off-centre rose diamond Romanov eagle; the hinged gold rim has a chased foliate mount and rose diamond thumbpiece. Feodor Afanassiev, the workmaster who produced this box which bears the imperial eagle, specialised in making small objects in gold and enamel.Mark of Feodor Afanassiev; silver mark of 88 zolotniks (1908-17); Fabergé in Cyrillic charactersText adapted...