A small gold and enamel snuff box, Charles Brisson, Paris, 1770/1

oval, the lid inset with an oval enamel panel painted with an associated genre subject of a small boy seated in a kitchen, the later ground, sides and base decorated with gold paillon stars on a translucent blue ground, ropetwist cagework mounts, gold-lined, maker's mark, charge marks of J. Alaterre, date letter G for 1770/1

Very minor chip and abrasions to base, otherwise good condition. The later enamel panels porobably replace lacquer or tortoiseshell.
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Charles Brisson appears to have worked exclusively as a mounter or garnisseur, producing the gold mounts for boxes set with miniatures.