A VERY FINE LOUIS XVI ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX by Nicolas Menière, marked, Paris, 1774/1775, with the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and the discharge mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache and a later Dutch importation mark Octagonal box, the cover, four sides and four canted corners and base enamelled in translucent grey-blue on a vertical coin pattern, within a cagework mount of burnished gold bands applied with translucent green enamelled foliage and chased scrolls, the eight side pilasters chased with fluted Ionic columns entwined with garlands of leaves, the cover centred with an oval enamel miniature painted with a theatrical scene after Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, within a green enamelled stylized leaf border, the four side panels inset with similarly framed oval enamel panels painted with love symbols 82 mm. (3.1/4 in.) wide
A VERY FINE LOUIS XVI ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX by Nicolas Menière, marked, Paris, 1774/1775, with the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and the discharge mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache and a later Dutch importation mark Octagonal box, the cover, four sides and four canted corners and base enamelled in translucent grey-blue on a vertical coin pattern, within a cagework mount of burnished gold bands applied with translucent green enamelled foliage and chased scrolls, the eight side pilasters chased with fluted Ionic columns entwined with garlands of leaves, the cover centred with an oval enamel miniature painted with a theatrical scene after Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, within a green enamelled stylized leaf border, the four side panels inset with similarly framed oval enamel panels painted with love symbols 82 mm. (3.1/4 in.) wide
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