A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO SNUFF BOX WITH GOLD RELIEF PLAQUETTE

A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO SNUFF BOX WITH GOLD RELIEF PLAQUETTE
THE BOX PARIS, 1819-1838, MARK OF AM; THE PLAQUETTE POSSIBLY STRASBOURG IN THE MANNER OF KIRSTENSTEIN
Rectangular, the base and cover with niello decoration, the sides with scrolling foliage, the cover set with a glazed plaquette containing a gold forest scene of a stork grasping a lizard, marked on bezel
3¾ in. (9.7 cm.) long