A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
oval tortoiseshell-lined box, the cover, sides and base inlaid with alternating horizontal stripes of orange lacquer and pink and yellow gold piqué-posé, the cover centred with an oval enamel on copper miniature of a lady, in purple robe à la française, pink flowers and purple ribbon adorning her powdered hair, French School, circa 1775, the fluted mounts chased with acanthus border
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XVI TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
oval tortoiseshell-lined box, the cover, sides and base inlaid with alternating horizontal stripes of orange lacquer and pink and yellow gold piqué-posé, the cover centred with an oval enamel on copper miniature of a lady, in purple robe à la française, pink flowers and purple ribbon adorning her powdered hair, French School, circa 1775, the fluted mounts chased with acanthus border
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
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