A hinged top lid of an oval gold body with a flat bottom is decorated with an oval medallion with an enamel insert. The insert depicts a painted portrait of two boys with ruffles and in coats with metal buttons, en plein air. General decor of the snuffbox consists of translucent blue fields on a guilloche field, on which oval painted enamel portraits are placed. Both the portraits and the contours of the snuffbox are bordered by chains of pearls on a matted (canfarent) field with thin chased rims. On the lower surface, there is a portrait of the younger boy in a straw hat, with a small bird in his hand. On the front and back side surfaces of the snuffbox, there are female and male portraits. The inner surfaces of the snuffbox are mirror polished. Marks of the master, French gold marks, and Paris tax marks are applied on the inner surfaces and on the rim. The snuffbox is stored in a round cardboard case, covered with green embossed leather on the outside and red velvet on the inside. The case is included in the set.

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