A VERY FINE AND RARE LOUIS XV JEWELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX by François Marteau ( fl. 1741-1757), marked, Paris 1743/1744, with the charge and discharge marks of Louis Robin 1738-1744, the plaque inside the cover replaced, marked with the French post-1919 third standard mark for gold Cartouche-shaped box with slightly bombé sides, the cover, sides and base with cartouches chased and engraved with a stylized leaf and flowerhead pattern on a sablé ground, within borders of reeded rocaille scrolls and foliage in two-colour gold, that on the cover set with diamonds and rubies and decorated with a large butterfly and a small dragonfly chased and applied with rubies and diamonds, hovering over flowers studded with rubies, diamonds and emeralds, the diamond-set thumbpiece on the cover shaped as a bow and echoed on the base as a foliate rocaille studded with diamonds and emeralds 3 in. (77 mm.) wide
A VERY FINE AND RARE LOUIS XV JEWELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX by François Marteau ( fl. 1741-1757), marked, Paris 1743/1744, with the charge and discharge marks of Louis Robin 1738-1744, the plaque inside the cover replaced, marked with the French post-1919 third standard mark for gold Cartouche-shaped box with slightly bombé sides, the cover, sides and base with cartouches chased and engraved with a stylized leaf and flowerhead pattern on a sablé ground, within borders of reeded rocaille scrolls and foliage in two-colour gold, that on the cover set with diamonds and rubies and decorated with a large butterfly and a small dragonfly chased and applied with rubies and diamonds, hovering over flowers studded with rubies, diamonds and emeralds, the diamond-set thumbpiece on the cover shaped as a bow and echoed on the base as a foliate rocaille studded with diamonds and emeralds 3 in. (77 mm.) wide
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