A LOUIS XV GOLD AND LACQUER SNUFF-BOX MAKER’S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, 1760/1761, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762 circular gold-lined box of gold-coloured lacquer with wavy flange and pierced foliate thumbpiece, the cover, sides and base with panels of lacquer decorated with chinoiserie scenes within chevron borders, the cover with a fisherman seated on a riverbank fishing for carp, with hills, a prunus tree and a pagoda beyond, the sides with crane birds amidst trees and foliage, the base centred with a rosette 2 in. (50 mm.) diameter