A LOUIS XVI SILVER SNUFF BOX AND A CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL SNUFF BOX
THE FIRST MARK OF ANDRE-ALEXANDRE GUIGNARD, PARIS, 1786
The first oval, the cover chased with garlands in the neo-classical taste, the sides and base with conforming decoration, marked on cover, interior, interior wall, and bezel, with charge and discharge of Jean-François Kalendrin; the second oval, the cover, sides, and base with chased vertical bands and scrolls, with indistinct mark inside cover
Each 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long (2)
A LOUIS XVI SILVER SNUFF BOX AND A CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL SNUFF BOX
THE FIRST MARK OF ANDRE-ALEXANDRE GUIGNARD, PARIS, 1786
The first oval, the cover chased with garlands in the neo-classical taste, the sides and base with conforming decoration, marked on cover, interior, interior wall, and bezel, with charge and discharge of Jean-François Kalendrin; the second oval, the cover, sides, and base with chased vertical bands and scrolls, with indistinct mark inside cover
Each 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long (2)
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