A LOUIS XVI ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

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A LOUIS XVI ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Choconain-Delaunay, Paris, 1780/1781, with the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel

Oval gold box, the hinged cover and base engine-turned with a pattern of concentric circles scattered with pellets, within borders of raised beads, the sides with horizontal engine-turned reeding also scattered with pellets -- 69 mm wide
(83 gr.)

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