RARE! Antique Vernis Martin 1700s Table Snuff, Marie Antoinette, Versailles Pntg German Shepherd amid what would otherwise be

amid what would otherwise be an 'excellent' condition report: there is an old restoration on backside

ENAMEL NOTE: This process

Measurements are on photos

The invention of the typewriter in the 1870s spelled the demise of the inkwell

some darkening to the cream color visible from the fronts/tops and some glaze crazing

RARE! Antique Vernis Martin 1700s Table Snuff, Marie Antoinette, Versailles Pntg German Shepherd amid what would otherwise beOne expects to see such pieces as this in the Musee des Arts Decoratif, newly reopened museum in a wing of the Louvre in Paris, or perhaps in the Napoleon apartments collection in the Louvre, as well. At the least, a museum piece like this late 1700s snuff might come to bid at one of the major auction houses, but it's not the kind of item you expect to find on the internet, is it. But here you go: Hand painted in the Vernis Martin method, layering of