A Louis XVI gold mounted vernis martin table snuff box, French circa 1770 of circular form with banded vernis martin sides, the lid with reverse painted glass and painted ivory miniatures of a young woman in a garden scene. With a tortoiseshell interior. The lid with a chased gold rim and the body with plain mounts, marked underneath with French marks for a heart and other obscured mark.  Diameter – 8 cm / 3.2 inches