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Description: A fruitwood snuff box with an inserted painted miniature of two girls, their doves and their cats, outside a cottage. The painting on ivory is superbly executed. It bears a signature B. Savar? 

Origin: France.

Circa: 1790

Materials: Wood and ivory.

Size: 3.3" across. 8.5cm.

Condition: Small dent.

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