Description
Beautiful enamel-on-copper snuffbox. Gilded copper frame decorated on the lid with a country scene animated by characters. On the back, a game scene. On the front, an arrival of fishermen. On the sides, angling and a cooper's boat. Accompanied by a pen-and-ink bill with seal. Provenance: "I declare .... that the snuffbox depicting boats was purchased by my grandfather F. de Palesieux, a senior officer in the service of France under Louis XV. This snuffbox belonged to Voltaire and has been preserved to this day in my family as a precious souvenir. Paris 1860. Under the seal of my friends and my signature. A.M. de Palesieux de Frariere." Dim : 8,5 x 6,5 x Ht 3,5 cm. A.B.E. 18th century (enamel cracks in places, no chips). The de Palézieux family is an ancient noble family from the Pays de Vaud (Switzerland).
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Beautiful enamel-on-copper snuffbox. Gilded copper frame decorated on the lid with a country scene animated by characters. On the back, a game scene. On the front, an arrival of fishermen. On the sides, angling and a cooper's boat. Accompanied by a pen-and-ink bill with seal. Provenance: "I declare .... that the snuffbox depicting boats was purchased by my grandfather F. de Palesieux, a senior officer in the service of France under Louis XV. This snuffbox belonged to Voltaire and has been preserved to this day in my family as a precious souvenir. Paris 1860. Under the seal of my friends and my signature. A.M. de Palesieux de Frariere." Dim : 8,5 x 6,5 x Ht 3,5 cm. A.B.E. 18th century (enamel cracks in places, no chips). The de Palézieux family is an ancient noble family from the Pays de Vaud (Switzerland).
