A Three-Colored Gold Snuff Box, Paris, 1769/1770

oval, all sides decorated with chased musical trophies within laurel frames surmounted with rose-gold ribbons, the lid and base decorated with polished gold borders around reeding and interlaced outer leaf and oval frames, the sides further with chased egg and dart borders, rubbed maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre (1768-1774), Paris date letter F, the left rim numbered: 83, the right rim later initialed F.D.G.,

2 ¾ in., 6.9 cm wide