Antique French Burl Wood Snuff or Bonbon Box, Painting of Roman Ruins and People, Landscape MAIRE hinge and clasp and bun

hinge and clasp and bun feet are all 18k gold

there is one very small chip at a corner of the tortoise shell veneer

a couple of the tiny white border 'jewel' dots of enamel missing

Fabulous along with your opaline egg collection or paired with your eglomise views of Paris' architectural icons

Antique French Burl Wood Snuff or Bonbon Box, Painting of Roman Ruins and People, Landscape MAIRE hinge and clasp and bunA beautiful landscape painting in oil and protected un Der convex cover glass, mounted on top of this beautiful burl wood lathe turned box a table box, bonbon, or snuff box, souvenir. I'd say Napoleon III or possibly a little later, c. 1920, it's worked with elegance from the box itself to the landscape painting mounted up top. The people in the painting are dressed in 18th century clothing fashion, but I'm quite sure this is not that old. However, it