A LOUIS XV OVAL GOLD-MOUNTED BLONDE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX, piqué with radiating stripes of gold, the cover with a central medalion engraved with birds and flowers, the base with baskets of flowers and a scythe, with flower and foliage borders, the thumbpiece repoussé and engraved with a garland of flowers between reserves of trelliswork, bordered by scrolls (few stripes loose), Paris, 1773-74, maker's mark indistinct