RARE 18th Century French Snuff Box, Double Portrait Miniatures of Children set in 18k Gold Mounts claret You can see the openings

You can see the openings in our photos

scent bottle intact within and the case really hasn't a single flaw to note

visible in the images but all else superb

The sterling blades all bear the French Minerve or Minerva hallmark

The silversmith mark is for Louis Coignet of Paris who apparently worked in both sterling and silver-plate judging from this one

RARE 18th Century French Snuff Box, Double Portrait Miniatures of Children set in 18k Gold Mounts claret You can see the openingsI know, such a tragedy that one child's portrait has a little loss to it someone must have cleaned it at some point with water and it leaked into the portrait, I imagine, but against all the positives of this rare double portrait snuff box, one takes it as it is. A girl and a boy, pretty sure, it must have been such a treasure to the parent. Its excellent condition otherwise suggests it was kept as a memento and not used. There are no rim chips, for