A FRENCH DIAMOND-SET SMOKEY QUARTZ BONBONNIERE AND A SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL, AND BAROQUE PEARL FIGURAL TABLE SNUFF BOX, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH DIAMOND-SET SMOKEY QUARTZ BONBONNIERE AND A SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL, AND BAROQUE PEARL FIGURAL TABLE SNUFF BOX, LATE 19TH CENTURY

the first of bombe oval form carved with paneling and inset with rose diamond sprigs, silver mounts; the second with hardstone panels, the lift-off cover with a portly figure of a well-dressed 18th century lawyer partly formed of baroque pearls, his vest with enameled embroidery, struck with French import marks only, probably German

length of first 2¾ in.

7 cm