‡ AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH IVORY AND MOTHER OF PEARL GAMING BOX

‡ AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH IVORY AND MOTHER OF PEARL GAMING BOX

ATTRIBUTED TO MARIAVAL LE JEUNE, C.1730-40

polychrome decorated with figures, a pair of love birds, flowers and foliage, the hinged lid with a dial for scoring, the interior with twenty-two natural, yellow and green counters

8.3cm wide, 6cm deep

Provenance

The box comes with a receipt from Jane Roberts, 180 New Bond Street, London 'A French counter box, the lid inset with a dial for scoring, late 17th century. £500'.