Oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent blue enamel on geometric engine-turned ground scattered with pellets framed with borders of opalescent pearls and green foliage, the cover set with a miniature of a maiden resting and observed by a Bacchus in white pearl frame
3¹⁄₄ in. (82 mm.) wide

Baron Henri de Rothschild (1872-1947).
Christopher Henry Thomas Hawkins of Trewithen, Cornwall and 10 Portland Place, London, landowner and prodigious collector.
C. H. T. Hawkins Collection; Christie's, London, 26 October 1936, lot 51.
The Hughes Collection; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1941, lot 34.
Albert Marber (1900-1960), then by descent.

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Although the maker's mark is partially legible, it resembles that of Daniel Marchand before he went bankrupt circa 1790, often seen as on this box combined with a crowned K. Daniel Marchand (1733-1794) was a bijoutier and émailleur as well as the Toussaints' brother-in-law and a native from Hanau whose work is very comparable in style to that of the Toussaint.