chased and engraved, the cover with a hunting scene in a cartouche reserve, centred by three dogs attacking another animal, on a radiating ground, similar scenes to the sides and base, each within a scroll, shell and rocaille border Length 8cms / 3 1/8''
Width 6cms / 2 3/8''
Height 4cms / 1 5/8'' Weight: 212g / 6.82oz
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),