A Louis XV early 18^th century French silver mounted Saint Cloud porcelain snuff box, the mounts Paris 1732-38

The soft paste body formed as a recumbent lamb, panted in the kakiemon style, of figures, insects and houses, the underside similarly decorated and to the interior, depicting an oriental man kneeling by a fence, all before a house. The mounts with gilt interior. The mounts marked to the bezel with discharge mark of Hubert Louvert only (15 Oct 1732 to 1 Oct 1738).

Length – 6.1 cm / 2.25 inches

The same model, painted in the realistic manner, is in the V&A collection (C.1312&A-1919)