A rectangular gold-cased snuffbox with canted corners and a hinged lid. The lid features a depiction of the Allegory of History in the shape of a young woman leading a boy with a book by the hand, flanked by two gold palm trees on pedestals and a gold globe and lyre on pedestals with garlands, all within a border of dark blue translucent enamel over a guilloché background with a stylized leaf pattern. The sides are decorated with panels covered in dark blue translucent enamel over a wavy guilloché background, with a gold depiction of palm branches on a black enamel background with a white border in the corners. The base is decorated with a plaque covered in dark blue translucent enamel over guilloché background with a stylized leaf pattern, within a frame of geometric ornament in gold, white, and light blue enamel.

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