A Gold-Mounted Boîte-à-miniatures, Dominique-François Poitreau, Paris, 1768-1774 and Later

rectangular with cut corners, all sides set with portrait miniatures painted on vellum, attributed to Moreau le Jeune, the one on the lid based on The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1767/1768), the gold cagework mounts chased with entrelac-de-rubans borders and stamped with a zig-zag pattern, the angles to sides chased with columns flanking chased scrolling palmettes, maker's marks, charge mark of Julien Alaterre, the left rim numbered: 178 (or 478), post-1918 French eagle's head control marks for 18 ct gold,

Length 3 1/8 in., 8 cm.