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A LOUIS XV TWO-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN FORMEY, PARIS, 1764, WITH THE CHARGE AND DéCHARGE OF JEAN JACQUES PREVOST
OVAL, THE COVER AND BASE CHASED AND ENGRAVED WITH A CENTRAL FLOWERHEAD, RADIATING FOLIATE FESTOONS AND SHELLS WITHIN SHAPED RESERVES IN REEDED BORDERS, WITH AN OUTER BAND OF OVALS AND ACANTHUS LEAVES, THE SIDES WITH REEDED ARCHES ENCLOSING ACANTHUS LEAVES AND SHELLS, WITH FOUR PILASTERS AT INTERVALS WREATHED WITH LAUREL SWAGS, WITH REEDED LOWER BORDER, THE UPPER BORDER WITH WAVES AND SHELLS, WITH AN URN ABOVE EACH PILASTER, MAKER'S MARK, DATE LETTER AND CHARGE MARK IN COVER AND BASE AND VERY FAINTLY INSIDE THE WALLS, DéCHARGE MARK INSIDE THE UPPER RIM - 3½IN (9CM.) LONG
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN FORMEY, PARIS, 1764, WITH THE CHARGE AND DéCHARGE OF JEAN JACQUES PREVOST
OVAL, THE COVER AND BASE CHASED AND ENGRAVED WITH A CENTRAL FLOWERHEAD, RADIATING FOLIATE FESTOONS AND SHELLS WITHIN SHAPED RESERVES IN REEDED BORDERS, WITH AN OUTER BAND OF OVALS AND ACANTHUS LEAVES, THE SIDES WITH REEDED ARCHES ENCLOSING ACANTHUS LEAVES AND SHELLS, WITH FOUR PILASTERS AT INTERVALS WREATHED WITH LAUREL SWAGS, WITH REEDED LOWER BORDER, THE UPPER BORDER WITH WAVES AND SHELLS, WITH AN URN ABOVE EACH PILASTER, MAKER'S MARK, DATE LETTER AND CHARGE MARK IN COVER AND BASE AND VERY FAINTLY INSIDE THE WALLS, DéCHARGE MARK INSIDE THE UPPER RIM - 3½IN (9CM.) LONG