A LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED IVORY BOITE-A-MOUCHES
PARIS, 1781-1789
Oval, the hinged cover set with a miniature painted en grisaille with Cupid at Love's Altar, with a gilt-metal beaded border, with a silver-gilt rim and flower and scroll thumbpiece, the inside fitted with two compartments and with an ivory brush handle, marked at rim with discharge mark only, also marked with later French import marks
2¼ in. (58 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED IVORY BOITE-A-MOUCHES
PARIS, 1781-1789
Oval, the hinged cover set with a miniature painted en grisaille with Cupid at Love's Altar, with a gilt-metal beaded border, with a silver-gilt rim and flower and scroll thumbpiece, the inside fitted with two compartments and with an ivory brush handle, marked at rim with discharge mark only, also marked with later French import marks
2¼ in. (58 mm.) wide
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