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A LOUIS XV THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF QUEEN MARIE-ANTOINETTE OF FRANCE
BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS BRETON (FL. 1737-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1766/1767, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768
A LOUIS XV THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF QUEEN MARIE-ANTOINETTE OF FRANCE BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS BRETON (FL. 1737-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1766/1767, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST 1762-1768 oval box, the cover inset with a slightly later portrait miniature, on ivory, by François Dumont (French 1751-1831) of Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), the cover, sides and base inset with shaped segments of polished cloudy orange-brown agate over foil, between chased gold strips, within slightly raised vari-colour chased gold foliate outer borders 3 1/8 in. (78 mm.) wide The box is reputed to have belonged at one time to Empress Eugenie of France (1826-1920), consort of Emperor Napoleon III of France.