Louis Xv Enamelled Gold Lady Snuff-Box, by Ambroise-Nicolas Cousinet

Oval, chased with horizontal reeding and enamelled in translucent blue on finely chased pattern featuring on the cover an architectural view with flower sprays with a demi-lune reserve on either side, the rim chased with a band of entrelacs, on the sides, trophies within laurel garlands, on the underside a large flowerhead between two demi-lune reserves centred by flower spray, marked in cover, base and sides with charge, date-letter (A) and maker; on flange: décharge and later French control marks, and engraved with workshop number 257 Size/Dimensions: 7 cm. (2 ¾ in.) long Gross weight : 121 gr. (3 oz. 17 dwt.)

Estimate:£10,920

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