Antique c1700s French 14k Gold Pique Snuff Box, Portrait Miniature King Louis XV Napoleonic original beveled mirror and wonderful

original beveled mirror and wonderful condition

name not made public) and has not been previously offered

The gold is not only painted on

not attached for the most part but there

great condition as you can see from the images

Antique c1700s French 14k Gold Pique Snuff Box, Portrait Miniature King Louis XV Napoleonic original beveled mirror and wonderfulA remarkable find! Offering here a spectacular and early snuff box, a pocket snuff, 2. 75" in diameter, still in the protective presentation and travel etui. I have been told, and it does seem very likely that the portrait is a "sitting" miniature (one of a kind) of French King Louis XV in his later years. It's likely, as a nose will thicken and the mouth certainly looks right, eyes in age. Louis XV, known as Louis the Beloved, was a monarch of the