the cover engraved with a field and woodland beyond, a man to the central foreground restraining two hunting dogs, the dogs eager to get toward a fence and the woods to the left, a man on horseback observing to the right, a third man with rifle stood far right, the sides and base panel with wavy line engine turned patterns, Cupid's bow thumbpiece Length 9.5cm / 3�''
Width less thumbpiece 3.5cm / 1 3/8''
Depth 2cm / �'' Weight: 93g
19th century Italian rectangular gold box by Giovanni Bellezza, Milan c.1840, the cover featuring a central medallion decorated in high relief with a Medieval figural scene depicting a man and woman seated and surrounded by advisors,
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),