A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER AND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1769/1770, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774
oval box, the cover, sides and base of Japanese-style gold lacquer painted on an aventurine ground with paeony blooms, reeds and foliage, the cover inlaid with burgau mother-of-pearl blooms and leaves, with chased interlaced-ribbon mounts
2.13/16 in. (71 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER AND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1769/1770, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774
oval box, the cover, sides and base of Japanese-style gold lacquer painted on an aventurine ground with paeony blooms, reeds and foliage, the cover inlaid with burgau mother-of-pearl blooms and leaves, with chased interlaced-ribbon mounts
2.13/16 in. (71 mm.) wide
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