A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE MINIATURE CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1850
oval box, the sides and base set with panels of polished gold, each centred with an oval sablé cartouche with various vari-colour gold trophies from the arts and music within chased ribbon-tied and foliate borders and blue enamel fillets, chased sablé outer borders and pilasters with entwined translucent red and green enamel flower heads and foliage, the cover centred with a later portrait miniature, on ivory, of a young lady in a pale blue dress with lace collar, in reeded silver-gilt frame
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XVI ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780, THE MINIATURE CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1850
oval box, the sides and base set with panels of polished gold, each centred with an oval sablé cartouche with various vari-colour gold trophies from the arts and music within chased ribbon-tied and foliate borders and blue enamel fillets, chased sablé outer borders and pilasters with entwined translucent red and green enamel flower heads and foliage, the cover centred with a later portrait miniature, on ivory, of a young lady in a pale blue dress with lace collar, in reeded silver-gilt frame
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
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