A Gold Snuff Box, Continental, Late 19th Century

rectangular, he lid and base centred with a chased oval wreath of sea shells, corals and rocailles on a ground of curved radiating bands, the sides and base decorated en suite with small maritime trophies on a banded ground, the corners chased as columns, French prestige marks including discharge mark for Jean Jacques Prévost (1762-1768) and a mark purporting to be the Paris date letter X for 1761,

3 ⅛ in., 7.9 cm. length