Ovale décorée de canaux verticaux en or ciselé et ambre, les montures en or ajourées de frises végétales stylisées, poinçons dans le couvercle, le fond, les cotes et l'intérieur du bord: charge, lettres-date (c et d) et maitre-orfèvre; sur la gorge: décharge des ouvrages vieux de 1780-1782 et recense de 1774-1780
L.: 9 cm. (3¹⁄₂ in.)
Poids brut: 184 gr. (5 oz. 1 dwt.)

Vente Christie's, New York, 20 octobre 1997, lot 4.

A LOUIS XV GOLD AND AMBER SNUFF-BOX
BY PIERRE-SYLVAIN MORNAY, PARIS, 1767-1768
Oval, the cover, base and sides with alternating bands of chased gold and amber, within blind-pierced borders, marked on interior of base, side, cover, and bezel: charge, date-letters (c and d) maker; on flange: decharge for old objects 1780-1782 and recense of 1774-1780

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