Antique French Pill, Patch or Snuff Box, Engraved, Jean-Baptiste Greuze Milkmaid bag The forks are each right

The forks are each right around 44 grams

the Victorian era papier mache objects out of France in that era were often screened with images like you see on this fabulous old one

that long part of the original case has a compartment cover and within

The trim is French silk

on that long elegant walk from the Louvres Palace to the Arch de Triomphe

Antique French Pill, Patch or Snuff Box, Engraved, Jean-Baptiste Greuze Milkmaid bag The forks are each rightWhat an opulent little box this is. A snuff perhaps, or patch or pill box, it's the art work on top that most interests me. This is a remarkably little acid etching of the original 1700s painting, The Milkmaid, by Jean Baptiste Greuze (1743 1784). The large original painting of this scened hangs in the Louvre, Paris. We've had it in miniature paintings done for the 19th century Grand Tour trade, but I've never seen it treated in this manner. Perfect