OVAL TABATIERE IN 18k (750) GOLD AND ENAMEL Germany or Switzerland, circa 1780-1785 Decorated on a guilloché ground with wavy pink translucent enamel fillets with a series of red pastilles, the frames and pilasters with opalescent pearls and alternating leaves on an amati ground, the hinged lid decorated in the centre with a polychrome oval miniature depicting "Daphnis and Chloé", on the throat numbered: 521; small rivets replaced in the lid, small scratches on the enamel. Marks: In imitation of the Parisian hallmarks: of the master goldsmith Georges-Antoine Croze; of the letter-date S (1781-1782); of the charge; of the discharge. Prestige hallmarks Post-control, small guarantee for gold, eagle's head (twice) H. 2.8 cm (1 in.) L.: 8 cm (3 ¼ in.) P. 5.8 cm (2 ¼ in.) Gross weight: 153 gr. Provenance : Auguste Dreyfus de Gonzalès (1827-1897) ; Sale Paris, 1st June 1896, lot 6 ; Georges Lebeuf de Montgermont (1854-1933); Sale Drouot, 16 June 1919, lot n° 308. A German or Swiss oval-shaped gold and enamel snuffbox, circa 1780-1785 To be compared with a snuffbox in a similar style from the Thurn und Taxis collection (Seeling 1987, no. 43).