A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY MELCHOIR-RENÉ BARRÉ (FL. 1768-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1771/1772, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, THE MINIATURE BY JEAN-DANIEL-WELPER (1730-1789) oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coin-pattern engine-turning within vari-colour gold foliate borders, the sides and base each centred with an oval sablé cartouche chased with musical trophies, the cover set with an oval portrait miniature, on vellum, of King Louis XV (1710-1774), King of France 1715-1774, signed 'Welper', lower left, within a later silver-mounted diamond surround 3 in. (84 mm.) wide
A LOUIS XV VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY MELCHOIR-RENÉ BARRÉ (FL. 1768-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1771/1772, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, THE MINIATURE BY JEAN-DANIEL-WELPER (1730-1789) oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coin-pattern engine-turning within vari-colour gold foliate borders, the sides and base each centred with an oval sablé cartouche chased with musical trophies, the cover set with an oval portrait miniature, on vellum, of King Louis XV (1710-1774), King of France 1715-1774, signed 'Welper', lower left, within a later silver-mounted diamond surround 3 in. (84 mm.) wide
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