A three-coloured gold étui-à-cire, Paris, 1764

of tubular form, decorated with roundels of chased flowerheads on a sablé ground, on a lozenge-patterned ground with further chased rosettes and swags within Vitruvian scroll border, the matrix engraved with a coat of arms, maker's mark, charge and discharge mark, Paris date letter

12 cm, 4 3/4 in. high