A set of two circular snuffboxes. It includes : - A tortoiseshell snuffbox decorated with a gouache depicting the halt of an elegant gathering in the taste of the 18th century, signed "Cuitess François (?)" (scratches) - Circa 1900 - Diam.: 8 cm - A praline box in cardboard and embossed paper, with brass crimps, decorated with an enhanced engraving depicting an elegant woman in front of a full-length mirror (dents, oxidations, small missing parts) - Circa 1840 - Diam. : 7 cm

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