of cartouche form, mounted à cage, with simple reeded mounts lightly scrolled at the front, maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Hubert Louvet, Paris date letter T

A simple elegant box; it is possible that some of the side panels are replacements; discharge very badly struck.
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Until the end of this date cycle in 1739, the same form of date letter was used in Paris for both silver and gold. Thereafter, that for gold was in script while that for silver remained a simple capital letter.