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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1780
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A lacquered, tortoise shell and biscuit portrait miniature snuff box
Apparently unmarked, circa 1780
Of plain circular form, waisted at the sides, the cover and base inlaid with a band of stiff foliate gold motifs, the cover set with a cluster of five biscuit-set portrait miniatures, depicting: King Louis XVI of France, Marie-Antoinette, the Empress Maria-Theresia and Joseph II and King Henri IV, centered by a circular-bordered gold spray
9cm. (3¾in.) diameter
Apparently unmarked, circa 1780
Of plain circular form, waisted at the sides, the cover and base inlaid with a band of stiff foliate gold motifs, the cover set with a cluster of five biscuit-set portrait miniatures, depicting: King Louis XVI of France, Marie-Antoinette, the Empress Maria-Theresia and Joseph II and King Henri IV, centered by a circular-bordered gold spray
9cm. (3¾in.) diameter