Lot 127

Master's mark "PSM" (Pierre-Sylvain Mornay), Paris, 75 x 60 x 39 mm, 153 g, circa 1772
An exquisite French Louis XV gold snuff box
Case: 22K gold, master's mark "PSM" (Pierre-Sylvain Mornay), charge and discharge mark Julien Alaterre (1768-1775), Parisian guild punch mark "J" for the years 1772-1773, French guarantee mark for 22k gold 1774-1782.
Oval box with fine gold mounting "en cage" and idealised Italian river and harbor scenes with en grisaille staffage figures.