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A Louis XVI-style gold-mounted burgau-lacquer bonbonniere
circular shape, tortoiseshell lined, the lid inset with an oval miniature of a young Lady, in lilac-coloured dress with high piled powdered hair, in the manner of Jean-Laurent Mosnier, circa 1775, the gold mounts with the discharge mark of Julien Alaterre, Paris 1768-1775 3.1/8in. (80mm.) diam.
See Front Cover Illustration
circular shape, tortoiseshell lined, the lid inset with an oval miniature of a young Lady, in lilac-coloured dress with high piled powdered hair, in the manner of Jean-Laurent Mosnier, circa 1775, the gold mounts with the discharge mark of Julien Alaterre, Paris 1768-1775 3.1/8in. (80mm.) diam.
See Front Cover Illustration