A Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, Jean-François Garand, Paris, 1770/1771

rectangular with cut corners, the lid centred with an enamel portrait miniature of a young lady, probably Marie Josèphe de Saxe (1731-1767), after Louis de Silvestre, her powdered hair held in place with gold combs and drop-shaped pearls, wearing a ruffled brown dress with diamond clasp, in a gold frame decorated with blue enamel quatrefoils, on a dark blue enamel ground simulating lapis lazuli, the outer borders chased with quatrefoils alternating with rectangles on a sablé ground, the sides and base with matching decoration around lapis-lazuli coloured enamel panels centred with chased geometric ornaments of ovals and stylised tulips, maker's mark, charge and discharge mark of Julien Alaterre (1768-1774), Paris date letter G for 1770,

Length 2 ¾ in., 7.2 cm.