A ST. CLOUD SILVER-MOUNTED BASKET-FORM SNUFF-BOX

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A ST. CLOUD SILVER-MOUNTED BASKET-FORM SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1750, THE MOUNTS PARIS 1750, THE CHARGE AND DÉCHARGE OF JULIEN BERTHE 1750-56, INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK, THE COVER WITH LATER CONTROL MARKS

Naturalistically modelled, the cover moulded and painted with flowers, the interior of the cover colourfully painted with a Chinaman holding a parasol beside a fenced garden (the base with slight cracks)--3¼in. (8cm.) wide