A BERLIN GOLD-MOUNTED OVAL SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1770, WITH FRENCH DECHARGE MARK FOR 1838-1864
The exterior painted in sepia monochrome with putti at various pursuits symbolic of music, architecture, geography and sculpture on a pink ground within rococo-scroll and puce flower cartouches, the interior with a noblewoman in a panelled room in fur-edged blue coat, seated before a crown on a cushion and holding a dog, the hinged gold mount engraved with flowers and scrolls on a hatched ground
3½ in. (9 cm.) wide
A BERLIN GOLD-MOUNTED OVAL SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1770, WITH FRENCH DECHARGE MARK FOR 1838-1864
The exterior painted in sepia monochrome with putti at various pursuits symbolic of music, architecture, geography and sculpture on a pink ground within rococo-scroll and puce flower cartouches, the interior with a noblewoman in a panelled room in fur-edged blue coat, seated before a crown on a cushion and holding a dog, the hinged gold mount engraved with flowers and scrolls on a hatched ground
3½ in. (9 cm.) wide
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