Round box in white glass paste, the frame in 18K gold (750‰), the lid decorated with a miniature on ivory, painted in grisaille, representing a presumed portrait of Necker in profile bust facing left, signed JJ de Gault, bottom right; the frames with bead mouldings (two side panels restored).
Incomplete Master Goldsmith's mark.
Paris, 1781-1782.
Height: 2,4 cm - Diameter: 6 cm - Gross weight: 73,51 g
Jacques-Joseph de GAULT (1738-after 1812), miniaturist painter, specialist of grisailles, he worked in association with the greatest snuffbox goldsmiths, such as DRAIS, OUIZILLE or VACHETTE.
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