French Snuff Boxes (1 results)

14pp, 4to. Stitched into grey printed wraps. In good condition, lightly aged, with one corner slightly dog-eared. 143 lots, divided into two sections: 'Miniatures and Enamels' and 'Objects of Vertu'. The snuff-boxes feature in the latter, and include: '112 A Louis XVI. plain oblong gold snuff-box, with rounded ends and reeded borders - bearing the mark of Henri Clavel, Paris 1778 - the rim engraved "DU PETIT DUNKERQUE"' and '122 A LOUIS XV. SHELL-SHAPED GOLD BOX, the lid finely chased with Classical figures before a building, and with shells and scrollwork round the sides, the rim engraved "I. CUNST," the interior of the lid set with an enamel portrait of a gentleman wearing yellow coat and fur-trimmed blue cloak' and '124 AN OLD ENGLISH GOLD SNUFF-BOX, of shell shape, the lid finely chased with Mars, Venus and Cupid, a lion's mask and scrollwork, and with panels of flowers and scrollwork round the sides and on the base - London hall-mark, circa 1750 - probably by Thomas Beere'. Items from the collections of Sir J. Goldsmid, D. W. Macdonald and J. S. Jacoby. Now rare.