A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED VARI-COLOR GOLD SNUFF-BOX, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1771/1772, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1864 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD

A LOUIS XV ENAMELLED VARI-COLOR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1771/1772, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1864 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of dark-blue enamel heightened with gilt paillons and sky-blue and translucent white taille d’épargne enamel pellets and diamonds within entrelac frames, with chased vari-colour gold foliate and flowerhead sablé borders and vase pilasters, the cover centred with an enamel miniature depicting a young lady in a blue dress with white gauze fichu, a muslin bonnet secured with pink ribbons, in a chased foliate frame
2. 7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide

Provenance
with Au Vieux, Paris.