A Louis Xv Gold-Mounted Japanese Lacquer Snuff-Box

Ingot shaped, set on all sides with panels of Japanese shippo- tsunagi lacquer figuring a trelliswork centred by flowerheads, the two-colour gold mounts chased with an identical pattern to the lacquer, marked in cover and base with charge, date-letter (B) and maker; the flange with charge, maker, decharge, contremarque 1768-1774 (hunting horn), contremarque for 1774-1780 (slipper) and later control mark for gold 1798-1809

Estimate:$26,911.20

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