Snuffbox with six scenes of country pastimes. Artist: and Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe (French, Lille 1750-1826 Lille); Miniatures by Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, Lille 1716-1794 Fontainebleau). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 1 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (3.5 x 8.5 x 6.4 cm); Miniaitures: Top, oval, 2 1/8 x 3 in. (53 x 74 mm); bottom, oval, 2 1/8 x 3 in. (53 x 74 mm); front 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); back 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); left side 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); right side 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm). Maker: Box by Pierre François Drais (French, 1726-ca. 1788). Date: 1774-75.There are six marks on the oval box, including the paris mark for 1774-75, and the mark of Pierre-François Drais, a master in 1763, working to 1788. The top shows a delicate fête champêtre, signed and dated (at the bottom) van Blarenberghe / 1744: attended by revelers, a peasant couple, a young man with a violin and a young woman gathering flowers in her overskirt,
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