This box has two different sets of marks. The base is struck with a crowned monogram and crowned laurel wreath. This combination – save the removal of the crown of the monogram – appears on another box that may be specifically linked to the Théremins, whether François Claude alone or in combination with his brother Pierre Etienne (the F initial of the monogram could refer either to François or Frères): inventory number 3264.1-6MCA80/ДПИ. The lid is marked with a crowned T (in an oval rather than a shaped field), crowned initials FJ in an oval, and a rosace evocative of the charge mark of Julien Alaterre. These initials can be seen as a logical development from those found on the preceding two snuffboxes (inventory number 1464.1-2/ДПИ and 3180MC62/ДПИ). In terms of style and numerical sequence these boxes also follow on logically from these earlier works.

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