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A GEORGE III MINIATURE-SET ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
LONDON, 1772, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
Oval box, the lid centred by an oval gouache miniature depicting L'amour désarmé, Cupid imploring Venus to return his arrow, after François Boucher, surrounded by champlevé translucent blue enamelled floral garlands on a reeded engine-turned ground, within a border of blue ribbon-twist surrounding white ovolos, the sides and base similarly enamelled with urns and vases
72 mm. wide
LONDON, 1772, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
Oval box, the lid centred by an oval gouache miniature depicting L'amour désarmé, Cupid imploring Venus to return his arrow, after François Boucher, surrounded by champlevé translucent blue enamelled floral garlands on a reeded engine-turned ground, within a border of blue ribbon-twist surrounding white ovolos, the sides and base similarly enamelled with urns and vases
72 mm. wide