A jewelled two-colour gold and enamel snuff box, Charles Le Bastier, Paris, 1775, and later

A jewelled two-colour gold and enamel snuff box, Charles Le Bastier

Paris, 1775, and later

oval, the lid later applied with an oval enamel plaque, representing a young shepherd embracing one of his flock, within a rose-cut diamond frame, the ground of raspberry enamel over scale pattern engine-turning within chased gold garland and husk borders on an opaque white enamel ground, maker's mark, charge and discharge mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache, Paris date letter for 1775,

6.6cm, 2 5/8 in. wide