UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French
(active 1780s in Paris)

Oval Snuff-box

1786-87
Gold, 3 x 8,5 x 6,3 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This oval snuff-box features six miniatures of marines after Claude-Joseph Vernet by the painter Lioux de Savignac whose signature is on the back of the miniature on the lid. The box is attributed to the silversmith Germain Chayé (1755-1791).