A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Henri Delobel (fl. 1748-1785), marked with his pre-1756 maker's mark, Paris, 1753/1754, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe 1750-1756
Circular box, the hinged lid, sides and base of burnished gold, engraved and painted in translucent green basse-taille and in opaque enamel with nude children at play, the lid with two children playing see-saw on a log, the sides with a child fishing and with mounds of fruit and the base with a child holding a parrot, the borders of the box engraved with scrolls
1 13/16 in. (46 mm.) diam.
A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Henri Delobel (fl. 1748-1785), marked with his pre-1756 maker's mark, Paris, 1753/1754, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe 1750-1756
Circular box, the hinged lid, sides and base of burnished gold, engraved and painted in translucent green basse-taille and in opaque enamel with nude children at play, the lid with two children playing see-saw on a log, the sides with a child fishing and with mounds of fruit and the base with a child holding a parrot, the borders of the box engraved with scrolls
1 13/16 in. (46 mm.) diam.