A jewelled two-colour gold and enamel snuff box, Charles Le Bastier, Paris, 1775

A jewelled two-colour gold and enamel snuff box, Charles Le Bastier

Paris, 1775, and later

oval, the lid later applied with an oval enamel plaque, representing a young shepherd embracing one of his flock, within a rose-cut diamond frame, the ground of raspberry enamel over scale pattern engine-turning within chased gold garland and husk borders on an opaque white enamel ground, maker's mark, charge and discharge mark of Jean-Baptiste Fouache, Paris date letter for 1775,

Weight: 97.6 grams

6.6cm, 2 5/8 in. wide

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