Snuffbox mounted with two miniatures, Mother-of-pearl, chased gold, inlaid lacquered tortoiseshell, hand-painted watercolor on ivory, glass, Box, circular, with detachable cover; black lacquer on papier maché inlaid with all-over diaper design in mother-of-pearl with green, blue and purple iridescence; on cover, within gold frame, a hinged oval miniature of a lady in a blue gown, on ivory under glass; a concealed spring releases this and discloses a hidden miniature of a man with powdered hair wearing the blue ribbon of an order and an ermine bordered red robe, painted on ivory, under glass in a very narrow gold frame; border of cover and of main miniature gold engraved with guilloche design; plain molded gold rims; box and cover lined with tortoiseshell., Paris, France, 1768–75, containers, Decorative Arts, Snuffbox mounted with two miniatures
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Snuffbox mounted, two miniatures, mother-of-pearl, chased gold, inlaid lacquered tortoiseshell, hand-painted watercolor, ivory, glass, Box, circular, detachable cover, black lacquer, papier maché inlaid, diaper design, mother-of-pearl, green, blue, purple iridescence, cover, within gold frame, hinged oval miniature, lady, blue gown, ivory under glass, concealed spring releases, discloses, hidden miniature, man, powdered hair wearing, blue ribbon, order, ermine bordered red robe, painted, ivory, under glass, narrow gold frame, border, cover, main miniature gold engraved, guilloche design, plain molded gold rims, box, cover lined, tortoiseshell, Paris, France, 1768–75, containers, Decorative Arts, Snuffbox mounted, two miniatures
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