RARE! Antique Vernis Martin 1700s Table Snuff, Marie Antoinette, Versailles Pntg German Shepherd There are no tiny silversmith

There are no tiny silversmith marks that I've been able to find but not uncommon with smaller silver works or if they were commissioned pieces

French in origin

One of a handful of snuff boxes that we have and are getting ready for listing

ENAMEL NOTE: This process

A brass framed aneroid barometer on the lower end

RARE! Antique Vernis Martin 1700s Table Snuff, Marie Antoinette, Versailles Pntg German Shepherd There are no tiny silversmithOne expects to see such pieces as this in the Musee des Arts Decoratif, newly reopened museum in a wing of the Louvre in Paris, or perhaps in the Napoleon apartments collection in the Louvre, as well. At the least, a museum piece like this late 1700s snuff might come to bid at one of the major auction houses, but it's not the kind of item you expect to find on the internet, is it. But here you go: Hand painted in the Vernis Martin method, layering of