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A French 18th century ivory counter box painted in colours signed "Mariaval le Juene a Rouen fecit".
A French 18th century ivory counter box painted in colours signed "Mariaval le Juene a Rouen fecit".
Length 8,5, width 6 cm.
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Mariaval le Jeune was an engraver on ivory active in Rouen and Paris in the early to mid 18th century. He designed the card game Reversino (Reversis) in which the object is to avoid winning tricks. This is one of originally a set of four boxes probably intended for this game.