A gold and enamel snuff box, probably early 20th century in late 18th century taste

of ingot form, all sides decorated with opaque lilac enamel panels within lime-green borders embellished with red beads and translucent green leaves, the slender thumbpiece centred with a collet-set diamond, French prestige marks including maker’s mark for Joseph-Etienne Blerzy, charge and discharge of Henri Clavel (1782-89), Paris date letter P for 1786, the left rim numbered 899, French post 1918 eagle’s head control mark

length 9 cm; 3 ½ in.