Louis XVI Candy Box In Green Tinted Tortoiseshell Powder And Gold

Round box or candy box in green tinted tortoiseshell powder and gold frame. The interior of the box is fully lined with tortoiseshell. The removable lid presents a decoration of Roman ruins, arcatures with Doric columns, overgrown by vegetation. In the background, a statue of Venus appears.
The frame is finely decorated with gold beads and twisted elements.
Weight: 2.5oz (71.2 g)
D: 1.9in. (5 cm) / H 0.9in. (2.3 cm)

Gold marks:
Angel head (1781-1783).
Goldsmith: PDC for Pierre Denis Chaumont. Received master in 1777-1793.
Louis XVI period work.
A small slit at the level of the box.