Lacquered and tortoiseshell powder box - circa 1780

Lacquered and tortoiseshell powder box – circa 1780

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Powder box or snuffbox

Chocolate color striped lacquer and miniature

Circa 1780  

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Powder box or snuffbox

 Louis XVI period, circa 1780

D. 8,5 cm (3,35 in)

Chocolate color striped on white background, the inside with tortoiseshell. This box showing a miniature with putti playing in a garden.

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