A Louis Xv Gold and Enamel Snuff-Box

Rectangular, the cover, base and sides engraved with radiating chevron pattern, and enameled in translucent blue, green and orange basse-taille with flower sprays surrounded by ribbon-tied flower sprays held by festoons, marked in cover, base and side with charge, date-letter (O) and maker; on flange with decharge, countermark for 1756-1762, and later French control mark for foreign made items in use after 1864

Estimate:£7,000

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