A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND TORTOISE SHELL PIQUE SNUFF-BOX**
A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND TORTOISE SHELL PIQUE SNUFF-BOX**

MARK OF ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE, PARIS, 1782-83

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A LOUIS XVI GOLD AND TORTOISE SHELL PIQUE SNUFF-BOX**
Mark of Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette, Paris, 1782-83
Rectangular, with canted corners, the cover and base set with tortoise shell plaques piqué in varicolored gold depicting hounds attacking a stag on the cover, and a hunting dog and hare on the base, the panels set within gold guilloche borders, the sides with engine-turned paillon panels, marked inside cover, base and sides, the outer bezel with post 1838 warranty mark, engraved Vachette Bijoutier à Paris, with fitted green leather case marked Garrard & Co.
3 3/8in. (84mm.) long
來源
Garrard & Co.