Beschreibung:

A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
THE BOX, BY LEGER-FORTUNE-ALEXANDRE RICART (FL. 1808-1818), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1810, STAMPED WITH THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD, THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819 AND THE PARISIAN EXCISE MARK FOR 1809-1819, THE MICROMOSAIC CIRCLE OF GIOACCHINO BARBERI (1783-1857), ROME, CIRCA 1820, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'GARNAUD JOALLIER BIJOUTIERE DE S.A.R. MGR. LE DUC D'ANGOULEME' AND STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 67
A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE THE BOX, BY LEGER-FORTUNE-ALEXANDRE RICART (FL. 1808-1818), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1810, STAMPED WITH THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD, THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819 AND THE PARISIAN EXCISE MARK FOR 1809-1819, THE MICROMOSAIC CIRCLE OF GIOACCHINO BARBERI (1783-1857), ROME, CIRCA 1820, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'GARNAUD JOALLIER BIJOUTIERE DE S.A.R. MGR. LE DUC D'ANGOULEME' AND STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 67 rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover set with a micromosaic plaque in blue enamel frame, depicting a couple resting in a wooded landscape with their two horses, one animal lying down, the other eating from a pile of hay, with a hill-top town beyond, the sides and base with panels of engine-turning, all within stamped foliate sablé borders, in associated red leather case 3.3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide