A Mennecy silver-mounted snuff box

A Mennecy silver-mounted snuff box,

c.1750, the mount with a later Dutch tax mark,

modelled as a dog and her puppy recumbent on an oval grassy base, the pup nestling into its mother's side, their coats decorated with splashes in shades of brown, the flat base with an incised basket weave design, painted with European flowers in a traditional muted palette, impressed control marks to the later silver mounts, 6.7cm.