Large and Important Three Gold 750°/°° Snuffbox by Jean-Edme - Lot 77

Large and Important Three Gold 750°/°° Snuffbox by Jean-Edme JULLIOT (1772-1791). Paris, circa 1773. With the arms of the Barons of Croft. Oval in shape, it is decorated on the lid and underside with friezes of foliage, fillets and wavelets on a guilloché background. A circular medallion in the center of the lid depicts a musical instrument in foliage, surmounted by two connected doves. The sides are decorated with baskets of fruit and foliage, set on sheaths, framing rectangular medallions with guilloché backgrounds. The underside of the lid is engraved with the coat of arms of Sir Richard Croft (1762-1818), 6th Baronet, English physician to the British royal family under George IV (1762-1830) and personal obstetrician to Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817). Dimensions: 90 x 47 x 36 mm - Weight: 136 g. Jean-Edme Julliot was apprenticed to Jean-François Breton in 1749, and became master in 1772, guaranteed by Charles-Barnabé Sageret, elected juré-garde in 1786.