A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, EDME SAMSON & CIE, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY oval, in Louis XVI taste, the lid painted en plein with an oval panel depicting Venus and Cupid, the ground in bright translucent blue over a wavy engine-turned ground, the borders chased with garlands and flowers, the sides divided by columns, silver-gilt interior, Emile Samson maker's and boar's head guarantee marks 8cm long Samson of Paris, as well as producing contemporary wares, were renowned for their high quality copies of earlier European and Oriental ceramics and enamel; items which sometimes came to be thought of as the real things.
A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, EDME SAMSON & CIE, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY oval, in Louis XVI taste, the lid painted en plein with an oval panel depicting Venus and Cupid, the ground in bright translucent blue over a wavy engine-turned ground, the borders chased with garlands and flowers, the sides divided by columns, silver-gilt interior, Emile Samson maker's and boar's head guarantee marks 8cm long Samson of Paris, as well as producing contemporary wares, were renowned for their high quality copies of earlier European and Oriental ceramics and enamel; items which sometimes came to be thought of as the real things.
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