BY ALEXANDRE LEFERRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1840
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A LOUIS-PHILIPPE SILVER-GILT MOUNTED VERNIS-MARTIN SNUFF-BOX
by Alexandre Leferre, Paris, circa 1840
Rectangular vernis-martin lacquer box, the cover, four sides and base painted with Rococo scènes galantes within scrolling gilt cartouches on a red ground, the inside of the lid painted with a courting couple against a painted foliage and gilt engine-turned wavy sunburst background, the base lined with black lacquer, the silver-gilt mounts engraved with wavy bands of reeding, slightly raised thumbpiece engraved with flowers
88 mm. (3.7/16 in.) wide
by Alexandre Leferre, Paris, circa 1840
Rectangular vernis-martin lacquer box, the cover, four sides and base painted with Rococo scènes galantes within scrolling gilt cartouches on a red ground, the inside of the lid painted with a courting couple against a painted foliage and gilt engine-turned wavy sunburst background, the base lined with black lacquer, the silver-gilt mounts engraved with wavy bands of reeding, slightly raised thumbpiece engraved with flowers
88 mm. (3.7/16 in.) wide