A Gold-Mounted Tortoiseshell Piqué Snuff Box, Paris, 1782-1789, with Earlier Elements

rectangular, the lid and base formed of earlier tortoiseshell panels, circa 1730/40, the lid decorated in piqué posé in three-coloured gold with a flower branch surrounded by dragonflies and a fly, the base inlaid with a geometrical trelliswork pattern within scrolls, plain tortoiseshell sides and gold mounts, rubbed Paris date letter P?, discharge mark for Henri Clavel (1782-1789),

3 1/4 in., 8.2 cm. wide