Antique 18th Century French Vernis Martin Snuff Box, Louis XVI Courting Scene Painted on Ivory Box amber cigar holder The case is fine shagreen

The case is fine shagreen - the belly scale leather from stingray

Along with it

This snuff is straight out of the era of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

I would think more like 16k to 18k

Don't you wonder who she was and wish to know her story

Antique 18th Century French Vernis Martin Snuff Box, Louis XVI Courting Scene Painted on Ivory Box amber cigar holder The case is fine shagreenMarie Antoinette's favorite decorative style was a layering of paint and varnish invented by the brothers Martin, referred to simply as "Vernis Martin" or varnish Martin. That layering created a depth to the paintings that wasn't achieved in other processes, and while the varnish has darkened over the centuries, it is also a process never quite achieved after the Martin brothers era. Their varnish had a unique quality. While a revival a century later