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A French Verni Martin style lacquer snuff box, 19th century
of circular form, the scarlet ground painted 'en grisaille' with Venus and Cupid to the cover, the sides depicting amorini personifying the Arts, the white metal mounts with incised geometric ornament, the interior lined in tortoiseshell -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) diam.
of circular form, the scarlet ground painted 'en grisaille' with Venus and Cupid to the cover, the sides depicting amorini personifying the Arts, the white metal mounts with incised geometric ornament, the interior lined in tortoiseshell -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) diam.