AN OBLONG GOLD SNUFF-BOX decorated with bows, foliage and strapwork and with scroll and dot borders, each face enamelled with a cartouche painted with putti amidst clouds in shades of pale brown, the longer cartouches flanked with flowerheads, further details in pale green enamel with white flecks, the hinged cover with shell and foliate thumb-piece, stamped with spurious French marks and later control marks, Continental, early 19th Century, one cartouche chipped