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CIRCA 1780
Details
Two various French circular boxes with miniature paintings
Circa 1780
The smallest tortoise-shell one with black vernis martin panels and gold mounts, the lift-off cover with finely painted harbour scene in the manner of Carl Vernet; the larger blond tortoise-shell gold mounted snuff box with lift-off cover set with a young girl and satyr
56 mm. diam. (largest box) (4)
Circa 1780
The smallest tortoise-shell one with black vernis martin panels and gold mounts, the lift-off cover with finely painted harbour scene in the manner of Carl Vernet; the larger blond tortoise-shell gold mounted snuff box with lift-off cover set with a young girl and satyr
56 mm. diam. (largest box) (4)
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