Small enameled copper box, rectangular, with dark blue ground and gold highlights with reserves on the sides containing small floral sprays, the lid painted in a reserve with the scene of a man and woman with a sheep in wooded landscape, the box inscribed on the inside with the French "Vous Appas armes mes Bras."

Snuff Box

Bilston

About 1765

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