A Louis Xv Four-Colour Gold Table Snuff-Box

Rectangular, the guilloché gold ground finely chased and in the centre of each panel with vari-colour gold pastoral scenes chased in high relief, after François Boucher, the borders with moulded reeding punctuated by Rococo cartouches, marked in cover, base and side with charge, date-letter (V) and maker; on flange with decharge, countermark for 1762-1768 and later French control mark for 18K

Estimate:£60,000

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