RARE! Antique Vernis Martin 1700s Table Snuff, Marie Antoinette, Versailles Pntg German Shepherd A brass framed aneroid barometer

A brass framed aneroid barometer on the lower end

she seems to be contemplating the words in the book or letter

French in origin

Our final image shows portraits of women in the era

all with gorgeous pale yellow & gold enamel accented borders AND each with a unique hand painted & ID'd Grand Tour style scene including the Castle of Granson (Grandson Castle

RARE! Antique Vernis Martin 1700s Table Snuff, Marie Antoinette, Versailles Pntg German Shepherd A brass framed aneroid barometerOne expects to see such pieces as this in the Musee des Arts Decoratif, newly reopened museum in a wing of the Louvre in Paris, or perhaps in the Napoleon apartments collection in the Louvre, as well. At the least, a museum piece like this late 1700s snuff might come to bid at one of the major auction houses, but it's not the kind of item you expect to find on the internet, is it. But here you go: Hand painted in the Vernis Martin method, layering of