A FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED BOMBÉ-SHAPED OVAL SNUFF-BOX

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A FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED BOMBÉ-SHAPED OVAL SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1728, THE MOUNTS WITH INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK, THE DÉCHARGE OF JACQUES COTTIN AND LOUIS GERVAIS, PARIS 1726-32 AND UNIDENTIFIED MARK OF AN ANVIL

Painted in colours with a Chinaman seated at a low table in a garden of flowering shrubs, the interior of the cover with colourful foliage issuing from rockwork enriched with gilding (enamels rubbed)--2¾in. (7cm.) wide