A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK-CRYSTAL SNUFF-BOX

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A LOUIS XVI VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED ROCK-CRYSTAL SNUFF-BOX
by Claude Bourdillat, Paris, 1781, with the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel

Oval rock-crystal box, the cover and base bordered with raised beads on sablé bands, the mounts of the sides of the lid chased and engraved with diagonal ovolos bordered by alternating ribbons and garlands in two-colour gold, the rim of the sides of the base chased and engraved with flowers and leaves in two-colour gold -- 63 mm wide.

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