Rare Antique 1700s French Snuff Box, Vernis Martin Figural & Portrait Miniature Oil Painting, Ivory drafting with an ivory rim and

with an ivory rim and crimson lining

who was d'Aignois's uncle

The panel is nicely mounted

original lined interior and working lock & key

sewn into perforated paper showed an elegance of skill

Rare Antique 1700s French Snuff Box, Vernis Martin Figural & Portrait Miniature Oil Painting, Ivory drafting with an ivory rim andAbsolutely French, this glorious hand painted in the manner of Vernis Martin (look up the process on the internet to learn more about this favorite decorative style of Marie Antoinette), this superb large snuff or patch box is a remarkable 200 years old and more the experts invariably date these to the Louis XIV period, late 1700s to earliest 1800s. I fully agree with them, and the museum piece you see here might well have spent time at Versailles