A jewelled, gold and enamel Imperial presentation snuff box, Louis-François-Tronquoy, Paris, circa 1855-1871 rectangular, applied in rose diamonds with the cypher of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, on an openwork scrolled ground, each corner further applied with rose-diamond bees on a translucent scarlet ground over engine-turning and leafy volutes, the sides and base ornamented with pied-de-poule engine-turning within flowered scroll and cartouche ornament, applied with leaf thumbpiece, maker’s mark, French control mark (médecin grec), the rim numbered: 967 8.6cm., 3 3/8 in long
A jewelled, gold and enamel Imperial presentation snuff box, Louis-François-Tronquoy, Paris, circa 1855-1871 rectangular, applied in rose diamonds with the cypher of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, on an openwork scrolled ground, each corner further applied with rose-diamond bees on a translucent scarlet ground over engine-turning and leafy volutes, the sides and base ornamented with pied-de-poule engine-turning within flowered scroll and cartouche ornament, applied with leaf thumbpiece, maker’s mark, French control mark (médecin grec), the rim numbered: 967 8.6cm., 3 3/8 in long
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