A MENNECY SILVER-MOUNTED OVAL SNUFF-BOX modelled as a two-handled basket of flowers with herring-bone moulding and blue rims and handles, the cover moulded with coloured flowerheads and leaves and the interior with a flower-spray (rubbed), décharge mark for Julien Berthe, Paris 1750-56, circa 1750

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A MENNECY SILVER-MOUNTED OVAL SNUFF-BOX modelled as a two-handled basket of flowers with herring-bone moulding and blue rims and handles, the cover moulded with coloured flowerheads and leaves and the interior with a flower-spray (rubbed), décharge mark for Julien Berthe, Paris 1750-56, circa 1750
5cm. wide

Lot Essay

Cf. an example from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection sold Christie's New York, 22 March 1991, lot 433

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