A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED SÈVRES-PATTERN DARK-BLUE-GROUND BOX AND HINGED COVER of oblong-octagonal form, the cover painted by Luce with four figures standing and seated in an 18th Century domestic interior, within an elaborate seeded gilt surround of ribbon-tied swags of husks and wreaths of leaves, garlands, dolphin caryatids and a musical trophy, the sides with landscapes within palm-frond cartouches divided by gilt ribbon-tied wreaths of roses and swags, the interior with flowered fabric lining (some wear to gilding and slight glaze crazing to base), artist's signature, imitation blue interlaced L mark, late 19th/early 20th Century