A CONTINENTAL GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER BOÎTE-À-MOUCHES 19TH CENTURY

Rectangular, the cover and sides decorated with birds in exotic landscapes, the interior with two conforming lacquer covers, with gold brush, the cover inset with a mirror, the cover with scroll thumbpiece, the bezel and interior cover with spurious marks for Jean-Lambert Payen, Paris, 1754-55
11⁄2 in. (6.4 cm.) long

Provenance
The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection: Magnificent Silver-Gilt including Russian Works of Art and Objects of Vertu; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2004, lot 129.