798
A three-colour gold and enamel snuff box, probably 19th century in earlier taste
oval, the lid applied with an enamel plaque representing an allegory of pintura, flanked by a putto, within a chased floral frame and diaper pattern engine turning, within a white and blue enamel garland border between roses on a sablé ground, repeated on the sides and base, French prestige marks, including maker's mark purporting to be that of Pierre Pleyard, charge and export discharge of Jean Baptiste Fouache, date letter L, in a later green leather case
Quantity: 2
6.7cm., 2 5/8 in. wide
Estimate
5,000
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7,000
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