A Gold Snuff Box, Nineteenth Century in Earlier Taste

rectangular, all sides chased with village scenes including a fisherman by a river, dogs in landscape and gardening and harvest trophies, as well as architectural elements such as a pyramid, on an engraved lozenge-patterned ground, the reeded gold mounts overlaid with chased twirling ribbons and flowers, the ever so slightly protruding thumbpiece chased with a bow, French prestige marks including rubbed maker's mark, discharge mark of Julien Berthe (1750-1756), Paris date letter M for 1752,

3 ¼ in., 8.3 cm wide