Paris, circa 1800, tortoiseshell box with 18K gold mounts, 1798-1809 hallmarks and guarantee mark, lid featuring a finely rendered watercolor on ivory portrait behind glass of a dark-haired Frenchman with hazel eyes, attired in gilt embroidered blue coat, frilled chemise and white cravat, against a gray ground, unsigned.

3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 in.

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Purchased in 2001 from Gould Antiques, London.

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