A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A LOUIS XIV PORTRAIT MINIATURE Paris, 1768/1769, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre, maker's mark "J?B" with a flowerhead as différent, the miniature by Jean Petitot the Younger, circa 1700 Oval purple composition box, the cover centred by an oval miniature representing a young Lady in low-cut frill-bordered white dress with blue cloak and jewelled clasp, her curly dark hair entwined with a string of pearls, framed by a gold mount chased with a laurel wreath with ribbon-tie cresting, the lid, sides and base encrusted with vertical gold piqué posé stripes, the pierced gold mounts depicting ovolos alternating with wavy laurel swags 71 mm. (2¾ in.) wide
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A LOUIS XIV PORTRAIT MINIATURE Paris, 1768/1769, with the charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre, maker's mark "J?B" with a flowerhead as différent, the miniature by Jean Petitot the Younger, circa 1700 Oval purple composition box, the cover centred by an oval miniature representing a young Lady in low-cut frill-bordered white dress with blue cloak and jewelled clasp, her curly dark hair entwined with a string of pearls, framed by a gold mount chased with a laurel wreath with ribbon-tie cresting, the lid, sides and base encrusted with vertical gold piqué posé stripes, the pierced gold mounts depicting ovolos alternating with wavy laurel swags 71 mm. (2¾ in.) wide
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