The decoration of this and the following snuffbox show stylistic evolution from the previous examples: the dendritic motif, more reminiscent of seaweed than shrubbery, is executed in puce rather than brown on an opaque reserve of pale lilac as opposed to the earlier translucent enamel ground. The borders chased with leaves and quatrefoils picked out in translucent green and red enamel, as well as the opaque white enamel beading that frames the reserves on the lid and base, are characteristic decorative details of the late 1770s.

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