A LOUIS XVI OVAL GOLD SNUFF-BOX, with engine-turned panels overall, in acanthus borders, the side chased and engraved with four trophies at intervals, each surmounted by a ribbon bow, by Pierre Louis de Machy, Paris, 1774-75, with the charge and export mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache

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A LOUIS XVI OVAL GOLD SNUFF-BOX, with engine-turned panels overall, in acanthus borders, the side chased and engraved with four trophies at intervals, each surmounted by a ribbon bow, by Pierre Louis de Machy, Paris, 1774-75, with the charge and export mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache
2¼in. (5.5cm.) long

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Pierre-Louis de Machy entered his mark on 28th November 1770.

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