Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

Property of a noble French family: A late 18th century burr wood and horn lined circular snuff box, the cover decorated in relief with a profile of Louis XVI à dexter and with the legend ‘LOUIS XVI ROI DE FRANCE’, together with a lock of the King’s hair enclosed in a glazed heart-shaped locket, diameter of snuff box 7cm, length of locket 2cm. £100-200

Provenance: Jean Jacques de Livron (1766-1840) and thence by descent.