A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN-SIMON HUGUET (FL. 1752-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755
oval gold-lined box, the cover, sides and base of composition, probably papier-mâché covered with foil under a yellow-gold shellac varnish, painted in oils depicting putti amidst clouds, with flowers and birds surrounded by trailing green foliage, chased gold mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED COMPOSITION SNUFF-BOX
BY JEAN-SIMON HUGUET (FL. 1752-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1754/1755
oval gold-lined box, the cover, sides and base of composition, probably papier-mâché covered with foil under a yellow-gold shellac varnish, painted in oils depicting putti amidst clouds, with flowers and birds surrounded by trailing green foliage, chased gold mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
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