Antique 1700s French Snuff Box, Vernis Martin & Miniature Painting: Love Symbols Black FOrest This is from among the

This is from among the most magnificent panels I own and have collected myself over decades

Very little if any nips to the superb veneer work

I can make out "hand made" and the dates 1772 and 1912

And from that lauded early shopping center comes this elegant set

which is also rare to find

Antique 1700s French Snuff Box, Vernis Martin & Miniature Painting: Love Symbols Black FOrest This is from among theA VERY interesting item, this! Look at the painting on the cover of this 1700s snuff box. You find there a plethora of objects, symbols, and yet it's not clear to us all these 200+ years later what story they tell. I see a pair of lovebirds or doves cooing to one another amidst items in disarray. perhaps it heralds the end of a war, or represents love in the midst of war? You see a cage on fire, a sword hanging with a red bow, a tipped over torch and