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A LOUIS XVI RED COMPOSITION BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH A PIQUÉ-POINT TORTOISESHELL PLAQUE
FRENCH, CIRCA 1780
Circular red poudre d'écaille box, the borders inlaid with a wavescroll band of alternating gold and silver piqué-posé scrolls, the cover inset with a tortoiseshell tondo decorated with a still-life of exotic fruit and plants in gold piqué-point, the interior tortoiseshell-lined
65mm. (2½in.) diam.
FRENCH, CIRCA 1780
Circular red poudre d'écaille box, the borders inlaid with a wavescroll band of alternating gold and silver piqué-posé scrolls, the cover inset with a tortoiseshell tondo decorated with a still-life of exotic fruit and plants in gold piqué-point, the interior tortoiseshell-lined
65mm. (2½in.) diam.