A group of five Mennecy snuffboxes and covers circa 1750-60

comprising: two silver-mounted basket-molded boxes modelled as either a heart or a chest, a silver-gilt-mounted basket-molded box modelled as a trunk, a gilt-metal-mounted basket- and prunus-molded box and a silver-mounted double box, the first two with marks for Paris (1756-62), the double box with marks for Paris (1753) and indistinct maker's mark.

Heart-shaped box: generally good condition. Chest-shaped box:3/4-in. fine haircrack to the side at the back. Casket-shaped box: generally good condition. Basket- and prunus molded box:Minor 3/4-in. haircrack to the side. Double box:minor 1-in. fine haircrack extending from the right diagonally towards the center of the left box.
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