A gold-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box

PROBABLY FRANCE, 18TH CENTURY

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A gold-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box
Probably France, 18th Century
Of circular form, box and cover pique overall with a design of scallops containing stars and beads, the cover applied with a miniature painted en couleurs with a putto holding a lyre and seated in a wooded landscape
6cm wide

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