Louis XV oval vari-coloured gold and diamond box by Louis Roucel, Paris 1773, the cover featuring a diamond set bouquet of flowers tied with a ribbon bow,
applied and formed of leafy gold stems with flowerheads in silver, all set with rose cut diamonds, various of the diamond petals and stamen foiled pink and the diamond set leaves foiled green, framed by an oval similarly decorated diamond set foliate wreath and likewise to rim border, each upon a sable ground and edged by fluted line bands, the cover fields, sides and base with polished surfaces, side rims and base borders of berried laurel leaf bands in rose and lemon gold, the base with a central fluted scroll rosette with chased lemon gold laurel and acanthus leaves, marked on interior of cover, base, and side with date letter K, maker's mark, and charge, the flange with decharge Length 8.6cm / 3 3/8'' Weight: 146g
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 XV oval vari-coloured gold and diamond box by Louis Roucel, Paris 1773, the cover featuring a diamond set bouquet of flowers tied with a ribbon bow,