Agate snuffbox
Agate snuffbox
France, Paris
1732–1733
Bouillerot, Nicolas (?)
Gold, agate
3.1 × 5.6 × 4.6 cm
Marks: partial maker’s mark; Paris charge, discharge, countermarks and later French eagle-head control mark
A boat-shaped agate snuffbox with translucent brown stone panels set in delicate gold mounts. The domed lid features a polished oval agate panel framed by a narrow gold border. Compare with a gold-mounted bloodstone snuffbox of similar boat form with banded sides, applied with a cameo on the lid, maker’s mark possibly of Nicolas Bouillerot, Paris, 1731–1732, in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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