Snuff box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
circa 1739
Materials
Gold, agate, hardstone and vitreous enamel
Measurements
35 x 89 x 60 mm
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1542375
Summary
A rare Louis XV enamelled gold-mounted brown agate oval snuff-box, maker's mark JL(last letter worn), Paris, circa 1739, the cover with an oval hardstone panel within borders enamelled in pinks and green with flowers and foliage, the body with plain gold border, the base enclosed in similarly enamelled straps.
Provenance
On loan from the Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Credit line
Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry