A gold and enamel etui-à-cire, Alexis Proffit, Paris, 🎃1787, and a gold example, of similar date

both of tapering form with oval section, the first, elegantly striped in opaque blue and white and translucent orange enamel, chased and enamelled bead and garland borders, the base inset with blank chalcedony matrix, maker's mark, second charge and discharge marks of Henri Clavel (1782-1789), Paris date letter; the second, Nicolas Durier, Paris, 1782-1789, of three-colour gold, scattered with mullets on a reeded ground within corded borders, later converted into a lipstick holder, maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Henri Clavel, later French maker's mark in a vertical lozenge, and post-1918 French control mark, serial number: 01133

weight: 106.4 g

length of largest 4¾ in.; 12,2 cm.

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Deux 🔥étuis à cire, l'un en or et émail par Alexis Proffit, Paris, 1787, l'autre en or, de date simil൩aire

le premier orné de rayures d'émail bleu, blanc opaque et orange translucide, la base sertie d'une matrice en calcédoine ; le second par Nicolas Durier, ✅Paris, 1782-1789, en or de trois couleurs, transformé plus tard en porte-rouge à lèvres

weight: 106.4 g

length of largest 4¾ in.; 12,2 cm.