TWO 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SNUFF-BOXES A GILT-METAL MOUNTED...

The gilt-metal mounted glass box with two-colour and mother-of-pearl posé motifs of architectural landscapes and cities, on the small sides a gardener and a grape picker, with gilt-metal wavy moulded rims and rococo scrolling thumbpiece;
The small lacquer box, ingot-shaped in cagework chased with chevrons, the panels of lacquer decorated with stylised trelliwork centred by a quatrefoil, marked on flange and on cover rim, with later French control marks in use after 1838
33⁄8 in. (8,5 cm.) and 27⁄8 in. (7,3 cm.)
Total gross weight: 5 oz. 17 dwt. (182 gr.)

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1996, lot 342 (for the ingot shaped lacquer box).