18th century German coloured gold rectangular box by Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau c.1760, formerly Rothschild family collection, chased and engraved with figural decoration in yellow, rose, lemon gold and silver,
the cover featuring a scene of a couple to an architectural background, defined by foliate ribbon within a polished gold frame and a frieze of Greek keys with rosette at each corner, the fluted side panels applied with vine tendrils held by putti and winged nymphs and flanked by pilaster headed by putto mask, within Greek key frieze, the underside with two lovers within a ribbon frame on polished ground, within a sable border applied with flower garlands, marked inside the cover, body and side and on flange, further stamped with number 5 and later French control mark Length 8.3cm / 3�''
Width 6.2cm / 2 3/8''
Height 3.8cm / 1�'' Weight: 269g
Louis XVI vari-coloured gold mounted tortoiseshell and portrait miniature box by Francois Delanoy, Paris 1779, the miniature of the Comte d'Angiviller by Jean-Baptiste Weyler (French 1747-1791),
Louis XVI oval enamel and gold box with portrait miniature by Alexis Proffit, Paris 1786, the miniature of the duc de Penthievre by Nicholas Halle (French fl. 1782-1795),
18th century German coloured gold rectangular box by Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau c.1760, formerly Rothschild family collection, chased and engraved with figural decoration in yellow, rose, lemon gold and silver,