Antique 1700s French Snuff Box, Vernis Martin & Miniature Painting: Love Symbols Black FOrest Unidentified but the sitter is

Unidentified but the sitter is a relatively :) handsome woman with flamboyant hat & large plum

four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France

evaporation (if alcohol)

Very little if any nips to the superb veneer work

Antique 1700s French Snuff Box, Vernis Martin & Miniature Painting: Love Symbols Black FOrest Unidentified but the sitter isA 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