of rectangular form, the cover and base each mounted with a panel inset with the fine dot and cellwork, to the cover a principal scallop shell hung around with leafy and floral garlands, flowers to the corners and with a scrolling dot border, the slightly bevelled rim with a dentil band, all highlighted by mother-of-pearl accents, the base with similar smaller floral spray to centre and spandrels, reeded gold rims, the sides and curved thumbpiece chased and engraved with a scrolling foliate band on a stipple ground Length 8.2cm / 3�'' Weight: 91.5g
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),