A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 87
A French enamel rectangular snuff box
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
A French enamel rectangular snuff box,
18th century, the cover painted in puce monochrome with an allegory of Spring, a maiden seated beneath a tree and attended by putti proffering flowers, the interior cover with a young swain courting his beloved with a nest of two chicks, the gilt metal mounts chased with floral panels reserved on a diaper ground, 9.5cm across.