A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFFBOX
OBJECTS OF VERTU AND CONTINENTAL SILVER LOTS 1-104 PROPERTY OF THE GARDNER FAMILY, NEW JERSEY
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFFBOX

PARIS, 1732-1738, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT

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A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFFBOX
PARIS, 1732-1738, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
Elliptical, the curved cover and base with panels depicting birds, the flat side panels with cane-pattern ornament, all set en cage in molded gold borders, the hinged cover with ogee thumbpiece, marked inside rim under hinge and on bezel, warden's mark indistinct, with charge and discharge of Hubert Louvet; also with later French control marks on bezel and cover
2½ in. (6.2 cm.) long

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