Offered by Ouaiss Antiquités
A snuffbox with an oval hinge chiselled on all sides with parallel lines embellished with small pastilles and delimited by a richly worked cordeliere; the whole surrounding on the upper part of the box a central motif representing a stylised fleurt with 6 petals on an amati background. Very fine relief on the frame: alternating 4 pilasters on an amati background delimited by fine braids. Very fine relief on the frame: alternating four pilasters on an amati ground delimited by fine braids.
Condition: scratches between 3 pastilles on the reverse.
Weight: 74,5 gr.
Master goldsmith: BP and 2 grains of remedy for Barthélémy Paviet received in 1781.
Fermier général: Henry Clavel 1780- 1789.
Discharge mark: head of lapwing 1783-1789, Paris.