A Gold Snuff Box, Louis Métayer, Amsterdam, 1747

cartouche-shaped, the lid chased in high relief with mythological figures involving Apollo and Mars, framed with boldly-chased scrolls interspersed with roses, on a sablé ground, slender thumbpiece, the slightly tapering lobed sides and stepped base of burnished gold, fully hallmarked,

Length 3 in., 7.5 cm.