A decorative gold and tortoiseshel🌺l snuff box, 19th century in earlier taste

rectangular, all sides decorated with chased scenes from Aesop's Fables within strapwork border or below chased theatrical fringed curtains, including The Frogs and the Crane on the lid, the Frogs who desired a King on the front panel, and The Frog and the Wolf on the back panel, the short sides with classical birds flanking flower vases, reeded mounts and small protruding thumbpiece, the rim of the base inscribed: 'Amour constans, lamour sur passe tout', French prestige mark including rubbed maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe (1750-56), Paris date letter, later Dutch import mark for small objects 1831-1893,

weight: 144.8 g

length 2⅞in.; 7,3cm

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𒊎Tabatière décorative en or et écaille, XIXe siècl🍸e 

les faces ornées de scènes tirées des Fables d'Esope, poinçon apocryphe français comprenant le poinçon d'orfèvre gratté, poinçons de charge et de décharge de Julien Berthe (1750-56), lettre-date de Paris, marque d'importation néerlandaise ultérieure pour les petits objets 1831-1893

weight: 144.8 g

length 2⅞in.; 7,3cm