A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER SNUFF-BOX WITH MINIATURE
Paris, 1764/1765, maker's mark indistinct with a flowerhead as 'différent' with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Jacques Prévost 1762-1768, the miniature circle of Jean-Baptiste Weyler, circa 1775/1780
Oval box of cream-coloured lacquer, the hinged cover centred with a glazed oval portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing grey coat and waistcoat and lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, within a fluted gold mount with pierced ribbon and tie surmount, bright-cut gold rims with incorporated pierced scrolling thumbpiece chased with c-scrolls and foliage, wavy flange, the inside lined with red and black flecked tortoiseshell
3 7/16 in. (86 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER SNUFF-BOX WITH MINIATURE
Paris, 1764/1765, maker's mark indistinct with a flowerhead as 'différent' with the charge and discharge marks of Jean-Jacques Prévost 1762-1768, the miniature circle of Jean-Baptiste Weyler, circa 1775/1780
Oval box of cream-coloured lacquer, the hinged cover centred with a glazed oval portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing grey coat and waistcoat and lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, within a fluted gold mount with pierced ribbon and tie surmount, bright-cut gold rims with incorporated pierced scrolling thumbpiece chased with c-scrolls and foliage, wavy flange, the inside lined with red and black flecked tortoiseshell
3 7/16 in. (86 mm.) wide
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