A Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, Nineteenth Century in Earlier Paris Taste

rectangular, the lid and base decorated with oval bands of concentric chevron engine-turning, alternating with translucent dark blue taille d'épargne enamel borders of spring blossoms, the sides decorated en suite, slender thumbpiece, French prestige marks including maker's mark simulating that of Jean Ducrollay, charge and discharge marks of Louis Robin (1738-1744), Paris date letter A for 1740,

Length 3 in., 7.8 cm.