A tortoise shell and three-colour gold snuff box
A tortoise shell and three-colour gold snuff box

MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT JEAN AUGUST, PARIS, 1762/1768

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A tortoise shell and three-colour gold snuff box
Maker's mark of Robert Jean August, Paris, 1762/1768
Of oblong form, the cover set with an architectural building in three-colour gold partly realistically engraved, with shaped and foliate engraved thumb-piece
8.8cm. (3.7/8in.) wide
marked on the inside hinged mounts

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