A pearl-set gold and enamel🎶 snuff box, probably Hanau, circa 1790

oval, all sides decorated with alternating bands of opaque white and semi-translucent dark blue with gold and pale blue paillon decoration, emulating fabric, the lid centred with an oval enamel plaque painted en grisaille with an elegant couple by an urn, within split-pearl frame, further paillon border of quatrefoils and white leaves, the sides further decorated with dividers of gold paillon vases on a dark blue ground, maker's mark AI crowned above triple beads, further struck 20K 1/4, the rim with two illegible control marks, 

weight: 81.5 g

length 2⅝ in.; 6,7cm.

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Tabatière en or et émail sertie 🍎de perles, probablement Hanau,🉐 vers 1790

ovale, les faces ornées d'un décor de paillons or et bleu pâle imitant le tissu, le couvercle centré d'une plaque en émail peint en grisaille, poinçon d'orfèvre AI couronné surplombant trois perles, insculpée 20K 1/4, le bord avec deux poinçons de contrôle illisibles

weight: 81.5 g

length 2⅝ in.; 6,7cm.