Antique French Pill, Patch or Snuff Box, Engraved, Jean-Baptiste Greuze Milkmaid bag though it also has been

though it also has been alloyed later on because it also bears a French eagle's profile used after 1838

the Victorian era papier mache objects out of France in that era were often screened with images like you see on this fabulous old one

it might well have been stored away for 150 years or more

She's become a personal favorite in my home

missing only a little applied gold

Antique French Pill, Patch or Snuff Box, Engraved, Jean-Baptiste Greuze Milkmaid bag though it also has beenWhat an opulent little box this is. A snuff perhaps, or patch or pill box, it's the art work on top that most interests me. This is a remarkably little acid etching of the original 1700s painting, The Milkmaid, by Jean Baptiste Greuze (1743 1784). The large original painting of this scened hangs in the Louvre, Paris. We've had it in miniature paintings done for the 19th century Grand Tour trade, but I've never seen it treated in this manner. Perfect